Fails the Bechdel test

Dracula

Name: Dracula
Released: 1992

1992. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, written by Bram Stoker and James V. Hart.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

2 / 3

Fails

Yes 1. At least two women
13 women characters. 3 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other.
No 3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.

Second opinion

Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

The film

This version of Dracula is loosely based on Bram Stoker's classic novel. Young barrister Jonathan Harker is assigned to a gloomy village in the mists of eastern Europe. He is captured and imprisoned by the undead vampire Dracula, who travels to London, inspired by a photograph of Harker's betrothed, Mina Murray. In Britain, Dracula begins a reign of seduction and terror, draining the life from Mina's closest friend, Lucy Westenra. Lucy's friends gather together to try to drive Dracula away.

Released: 13 Nov 1992
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Rated: R
IMDb: 7.4 / 10
Metascore: 57 / 100
Awards: Won 3 Oscars. 30 wins & 21 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Mina 121 lines, woman
Dracula 91 lines, man
Van Helsing 44 lines, man
Seward 39 lines, man
Harker 35 lines, man
Vanhelsing 35 lines
Lucy 26 lines, woman
Renfield 15 lines, man
Quincey 12 lines, man
Holmwood 10 lines, man

Full cast, 43 people

Gary Oldman as Dracula
Winona Ryder as Mina Murray / Elisabeta
Anthony Hopkins as Professor Abraham Van Helsing
Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker
Sadie Frost as Lucy Westenra
Cary Elwes as Lord Arthur Holmwood
Richard E. Grant as Dr. Jack Seward
Billy Campbell as Quincey P. Morris
Tom Waits as R.M. Renfield
Monica Bellucci as Dracula's Bride
Florina Kendrick as Dracula's Bride
Michaela Bercu as Dracula's Bride
Jay Robinson as Mr. Hawkins
I.M. Hobson as Hobbs
Laurie Franks as Lucy's Maid
Maud Winchester as Downstairs Maid
Octavian Cadia as Deacon
Robert Getz as Priest
Dagmar Stansova as Sister Agatha
Eniko Öss as Sister Sylva
Nancy Linehan Charles as Older Woman
Tatiana von Fürstenberg as Younger Woman
Jules Sylvester as Zookeeper
Hubert Wells as Zookeeper
Daniel Newman as News Hawker
Honey Lauren as Peep Show Girl
Judi Diamond as Peep Show Girl
Robert Buckingham as Husband
Cully Fredricksen as Van Helsing's Assistant
Ele Bardha as Grave Digger (uncredited)
Alain Blazevic as Van Helsing's Student (uncredited)
Mark Borkowski as Van Helsing's Student (uncredited)
Tina Cote as Extra (uncredited)
Christina Fulton as Vampire Girl (uncredited)
Jeffery Thomas Johnson as Van Helsing's Student (uncredited)
John F. Kearney as Waiter (uncredited)
Paul Klar as Soldier (uncredited)
Michael Laren as Priest (uncredited)
Adamo Palladino as Dock Loader (uncredited)
Philip Pucci as Lorryman (uncredited)
Heidi Schooler as Young Courtesan (uncredited)
Damon Stout as Londoner (uncredited)
Diamanda Galás as Dracula's Brides / Lucy (Voice)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 27% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 115

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	24	9
4 to 6	0	5
7 to 9	0	2
10 to 12	0	21
13 to 15	0	10
16 to 18	2	5
19 to 21	0	2
22 to 24	11	0
25 to 27	0	0
28 to 30	0	2
31 to 33	4	9
34 to 36	1	4
37 to 39	0	0
40 to 42	5	0
43 to 45	0	3
46 to 48	0	2
49 to 51	14	12
52 to 54	6	15
55 to 57	1	11
58 to 60	10	17
61 to 63	5	11
64 to 66	8	5
67 to 69	3	7
70 to 72	0	3
73 to 75	4	7
76 to 78	6	10
79 to 81	0	3
82 to 84	8	18
85 to 87	5	15
88 to 90	0	4
91 to 93	5	4
94 to 96	12	14
97 to 99	3	2
100 to 102	2	9
103 to 105	8	4
106 to 108	0	2
109 to 111	0	2
112 to 114	2	3
115 to 115	3	7

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 37 are women's.

152 lines from women, 259 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

13 women and 22 men in the cast. 3 women and 12 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 12 of 563. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 58 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 35% of the words (2,963), men 65% (5,511). Women have 37% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit D: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit E: behind the camera

3 of the 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 18% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola (man)
Written by: James V. Hart (man)
From the novel by: Bram Stoker (man)
Produced by: Francis Ford Coppola (man), Fred Fuchs (man), Charles Mulvehill (man)
Shot by: Michael Ballhaus (man)
Edited by: Anne Goursaud (woman), Glen Scantlebury (man), Nicholas C. Smith (man)
Music by: Wojciech Kilar (man)
Production design by: Thomas E. Sanders (man)
Costumes by: Eiko Ishioka (woman)
Cast by: Victoria Thomas (woman)