Akeelah is a precocious 11-year-old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite her mother's objections, Akeelah enters various spelling contests, for which she is tutored by the forthright Dr. Larabee, her principal Mr. Welch, and the proud residents of her neighborhood. Akeelah's aptitude earns her an opportunity to compete for a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Forty-year-old misanthrope, Guy Trilby (Jason Bateman), enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole in the rules.

L'Eliza Naumann és una noieta a qui el seu pare, Saul, estudiós de les religions, comença a ensenyar els secrets de la Càbala. L'estreta relació d'Eliza i Saul fa que la mare s'allunyi de tots dos. El germà gran d'Eliza, Aaron, es rebel·la contra la indiferència del seu pare establint una relació molt estreta amb una noia Hare Krishna. L'Eliza s'adona de tot el que passa i mirarà de retornar la unitat a la seva família.

This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in Washington D.C.

Timmy reads to his friends a western story, where Sheriff Timmy deals with outlaws Goony the Kid and Miss Sweety when they come to Big Mouth Gulch.

Since 1999, 18 of the last 22 winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee have been Indian-American, making the incredible trend one of the longest in sports history. “Breaking the Bee” is a feature-length documentary that explores and celebrates this new dynasty while following four students, ages 7 to 14, as they vie for the title of spelling bee champion.

Six quirky adolescents compete in a fictional spelling bee set in a geographically ambiguous Putnam Valley Middle School and run by three equally quirky grown-ups.

Spell Check is changing the way school students spell. Jackson Hole Middle School competes in the National Scrips Spelling Bee. But there can only be one winner. Is spell check changing the way students spell?