The Bechdel test (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test) is used to identify gender bias in fiction. A work passes the test if it features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man. Commentators have noted that a great proportion of contemporary works fail to pass this threshold of representing women.

Which of these films best epitomize the ideals of the Bechdel test?

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Christian Bale, Jean Simmons, Chieko Baishô, and Takuya Kimura in Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

Michael Cera and Elliot Page in Juno (2007)

Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Meryl Streep in The Hours (2002)

Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games (2012)

Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation (2003)

Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon in Thelma & Louise (1991)

Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Daryl Hannah, Shirley MacLaine, Dolly Parton, and Olympia Dukakis in Steel Magnolias (1989)

John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and Catherine Keener in Being John Malkovich (1999)

Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone (2010)

Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, and Emma Stone in The Help (2011)

Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson in Ghost World (2001)

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Black Swan (2010)

Juno (2007)

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

The Hours (2002)

The Hunger Games (2012)

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

Whip It (2009)

Lost in Translation (2003)

Thelma & Louise (1991)

Steel Magnolias (1989)

Being John Malkovich (1999)

Brave (2012)

Winter's Bone (2010)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

The Help (2011)

Ghost World (2001)

Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

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