Changing the world... one word at a time.
11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya. Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr. Larabee, she reaches the finala. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.
Boudu
Comedy
4.7
Ping Pong Playa
Comedy, Drama
5.9
Locked Up
Thriller, Crime, Drama
5.7
The Poison Squad
Documentary, Crime
8.0
Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story
Drama, TV Movie
6.0
The Matrix Recalibrated
Documentary, Science Fiction
6.7
Head Above Water
Comedy, Thriller
6.0
Running with Scissors
Drama, Comedy
5.8
Jumanji: Level One
Adventure, Action
6.0
Marmaduke
Animation, Family, Comedy, Adventure
5.0
In the Family
Comedy
6.8
Chances Are
Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
6.6
I Am Zlatan
Drama
5.7
My Father and My Son
Drama
7.5
Perfect Nanny
Drama, Crime, Thriller
6.1
The Novice
Drama
6.4
Experimenter
Drama, History
6.5
Life of a King
Drama
7.3
Friday Night Lights
Drama
6.9
Snow Dogs
Comedy, Family, Adventure
5.6
Family Romance, LLC
Drama
6.3
Boyz n the Hood
Crime, Drama
7.6
Girl Lost: A Hollywood Story
Drama, Thriller
6.3
The Sixth Sense
Mystery, Thriller, Drama
8.0
To Kill a Mockingbird
Drama
8.0
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Romance, Drama
7.7
A Bronx Tale
Drama, Crime
7.9
A Time to Kill
Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.4
Freedom Writers
Crime, Drama
7.9
Ray
Drama, Music
7.4
Pieces of April
Comedy, Drama
6.5
The Rapture
Mystery, Drama, Fantasy
5.9
Writer's Block
Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Crime
0.0
The Marcus Garvey Story
Drama, History
0.0
Big Break
Comedy, Music, Drama
10.0
The Color Purple
Drama, History
7.8
The Happy Life of Debbie
Drama
6.5
Run Away - Polayon
Drama
8.0
Do the Right Thing
Drama
7.7
The Dirty South
Crime, Action, Drama
6.0