Passes the Bechdel test
Superman
2025. Directed by James Gunn, written by James Gunn and Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
29 women characters. 14 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 3 scenes out of 255. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.
The film
Set within a new DC universe. A few years into his heroics, Superman embarks on a personal quest to understand his Kryptonian heritage and mix it with his upbringing as mild mannered Clark Kent. But things get complicated when ruthless industrialist Lex Luthor frames Superman for an international incident and plans to put himself on top by bringing Superman down. Now with aid from Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and the Justice Gang, Superman must embrace his lineage and fully become the hero we deserve in order to stop Luthor's plot and save the world.
- Released
- 11 Jul 2025
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7 / 10
- Metascore
- 68 / 100
- Awards
- 7 wins & 82 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Lois 168 lines, woman
- Lex 118 lines, man
- Superman 112 lines, man
- Clark 92 lines, man
- Terrific 57 lines, man
- Jimmy 46 lines, man
- Guy 34 lines, man
- Eve 23 lines, woman
- Metamorpho 23 lines, man
- Engineer 22 lines, woman
Full cast, 95 people
- David Corenswet as Superman
- Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane
- Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor
- Edi Gathegi as Mr. Terrific
- Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner
- Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl
- María Gabriela de Faría as The Engineer
- Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen
- Alan Tudyk as Gary
- Grace Chan as Superman Robot #12 (voice)
- Bradley Cooper as Jor-El
- Angela Sarafyan as Lara
- Michael Rooker as Superman Robot #1 (voice)
- Pom Klementieff as Superman Robot #5 (voice)
- Sara Sampaio as Eve Teschmacher
- Tatiana Piper as Boravian Tech
- Stephen Blackehart as Sydney Happersen
- Giovannie Cruz as Cheryl Kimble
- Bonnie Discepolo as Ms. Jessop
- Terence Rosemore as Otis Berg
- Natasha Halevi as Amanda Marie McCoy
- Adriana Leonard as Comms Tech
- Paul Kim as Larry Chin
- Jonah Lees as Dean Farr
- Christian Lees as Desmond Farr
- Dinesh Thyagarajan as Malik 'Mali' Ali
- Rudy Quintanilla as Reggie
- Ryan J. Pezdirc as Onlooker
- Michael Ian Black as Cleavis Thornwaite
- Wendell Pierce as Perry White
- Beck Bennett as Steve Lombard
- Neva Howell as Ma Kent
- Pruitt Taylor Vince as Pa Kent
- Mikaela Hoover as Cat Grant
- Christopher McDonald as Ron Troupe
- Zlatko Burić as Vasil Ghurkos
- Martin Harris as Boravian General
- Frank Grillo as Rick Flag Sr.
- James Hiroyuki Liao as General Mori
- Tinashe Kajese as Flo Crawley
- Luis R. Hernandez as Albert Tyler
- Mary Chatmon as Loretto Bell
- Savannah Lumar as Young Girl
- Xingu Del Rosario as Yogurt Eater
- Lawrence Gilligan as Sphere News Reporter
- Suzanne Hobbs as GBS Reporter
- Kimmy Suzuki as Saved Woman
- Will Reeve as On the Ground Reporter
- Jake Tapper as Jack Tapir
- Ira Amyx as Construction Worker
- Abel F. Alvarado as International Reporter
- Karla Suyeon Kim as International Reporter
- Jay Westbrook as TV Interviewee
- Nea Dune as Makeup Artist
- Darla Delgado as Heather
- Ashleigh Morghan as Luthorcorp Scientist
- Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho
- Trevor Newlin as Mr. Handsome
- Lon Gowan as Scientist #1
- Taylor Valentine Lupini as Scientist #2
- Paige Mobley as Fleurette
- Zach Lane as Tech Bro
- Theo Kypri as Thug
- Michael Rosenbaum as Raptor Guard #1
- Alexis Prewitt as Raptor Guard #2
- Bobby Hernandez as Raptor Guard #3
- George Howard Adams as Raptor Guard #4
- David E. Collier as Raptor Sergeant #1
- Jimmy Chhiu as Raptor Sergeant #2
- Louisa Krause as Sapphire Stagg
- AJ Bernard as Young Jarhanpurian Boy
- Alayna Bernard as Jarhanpurian Kid #1
- Jai Soundar as Jarhanpurian Kid #2
- Annika Mazumdar as Jarhanpurian Kid #3
- Fahim Fazli as Jarhanpurian Villager #1
- Chaim Jeraffi as Jarhanpurian Villager #2
- Melissa O. Bowen as Woman in Car
- Torsten Kellar as Boravian Commander
- Johanna Braddy as Metropolis Citizen #1
- Austin Freeman as Metropolis Citizen #2
- Kim Brunhuber as GBS Reporter #2
- Sean Gunn as Maxwell Lord
- Sharon Carpenter as Metro News Reporter
- Greg Clarkson as Mocking Reporter
- Milli M. as TV Show Host
- Pierce Lackey as Armed Sergeant
- Oliver Diego Silva as Young Clark (2 Years Old)
- Lloyd Kaufman as Metropolis Citizen #3 (uncredited)
- John Cena as Peacemaker (uncredited)
- Milly Alcock as Supergirl (uncredited)
- Jennifer Holland as Superman Robot #22 (voice) (uncredited)
- James Gunn as Typewriting Monkeys (uncredited)
- Eric Nally as Eric Nally (uncredited)
- Derek Talib as Metropolis Police Officer (uncredited)
- Tania S. Grant as Citizen W Car - Precision Driver (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 6 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 255
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 to 12 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 to 18 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 to 24 | 5 | 6 |
| 25 to 30 | 3 | 9 |
| 31 to 36 | 1 | 2 |
| 37 to 42 | 15 | 31 |
| 43 to 48 | 74 | 100 |
| 49 to 54 | 11 | 10 |
| 55 to 60 | 0 | 2 |
| 61 to 66 | 2 | 11 |
| 67 to 72 | 6 | 13 |
| 73 to 78 | 4 | 19 |
| 79 to 84 | 2 | 8 |
| 85 to 90 | 13 | 43 |
| 91 to 96 | 9 | 30 |
| 97 to 102 | 31 | 55 |
| 103 to 108 | 7 | 32 |
| 109 to 114 | 14 | 29 |
| 115 to 120 | 2 | 10 |
| 121 to 126 | 2 | 6 |
| 127 to 132 | 2 | 8 |
| 133 to 138 | 6 | 14 |
| 139 to 144 | 12 | 8 |
| 145 to 150 | 8 | 13 |
| 151 to 156 | 2 | 15 |
| 157 to 162 | 1 | 4 |
| 163 to 168 | 9 | 14 |
| 169 to 174 | 1 | 8 |
| 175 to 180 | 0 | 9 |
| 181 to 186 | 2 | 5 |
| 187 to 192 | 2 | 7 |
| 193 to 198 | 2 | 5 |
| 199 to 204 | 0 | 5 |
| 205 to 210 | 0 | 2 |
| 211 to 216 | 2 | 6 |
| 217 to 222 | 0 | 7 |
| 223 to 228 | 1 | 3 |
| 229 to 234 | 0 | 5 |
| 235 to 240 | 0 | 6 |
| 241 to 246 | 3 | 17 |
| 247 to 252 | 5 | 9 |
| 253 to 255 | 5 | 10 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
EVE: The real Antarctica! So cool! ENGINEER: It was right ahead. But how are we going to gain access?
CAT: You know what I mean? LOIS: Right.
HAWKGIRL: Not our name, makes us sound like cowboys, but I agree with the rest. LOIS: So you’re just going to let your friend rot in a pocket universe?! LOIS: That haircut should be against your vows.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 30 are women's.
268 lines from women, 619 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
29 women and 51 men in the cast. 14 women and 36 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 16 of 932.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 35 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 27% of the words (2,225), men 73% (5,869). Women have 30% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit E: 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
6
Two men
56
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 24% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- James Gunn (man)
- Written by
- James Gunn (man)
- Produced by
- Peter Safran (man), James Gunn (man)
- Shot by
- Henry Braham (man)
- Edited by
- William Hoy (man), Craig Alpert (man)
- Music by
- John Murphy (man), David Fleming (man)
- Production design by
- Beth Mickle (woman)
- Costumes by
- Judianna Makovsky (woman)
- Cast by
- John Papsidera (man)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
20 women, 90 men, 1 non-binary, 28 not listed
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Art
12 women, 9 men, 15 not listed
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Sound
5 women, 20 men, 2 not listed
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Visual Effects
3 women, 14 men, 9 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
8 women, 6 men, 8 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 7 men, 8 not listed
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Production
2 women, 11 men, 2 not listed
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Directing
2 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Non-binary
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 29 on average. Men: 42 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Isabela Merced 23, Grace Chan 25, María Gabriela de Faría 32, Rachel Brosnahan 34
Men
Skyler Gisondo 28, David Corenswet 32, Nicholas Hoult 35, Edi Gathegi 46, Nathan Fillion 54, Alan Tudyk 54
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.7 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $225 million
- Box office
- $619 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 255 scenes and 932 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
