Changing the world... one word at a time.
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.
Ping Pong Playa
Comedy, Drama
5.9
Public Enemy
Action, Crime
7.2
Locked Up
Thriller, Crime, Drama
5.8
Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story
Drama, TV Movie
6.0
The Poison Squad
Documentary, Crime
8.0
The Matrix Recalibrated
Documentary, Science Fiction
6.6
Head Above Water
Comedy, Thriller
5.9
Running with Scissors
Drama, Comedy
5.8
The Model
Drama
5.9
In the Family
Comedy
6.8
My Father and My Son
Drama
7.5
Legally Blondes
Comedy
5.7
Perfect Nanny
Drama, Crime, Thriller
6.1
The Novice
Drama
6.5
Experimenter
Drama, History
6.5
Night Train to Lisbon
Mystery, Romance, Thriller
6.5
Friday Night Lights
Drama
6.9
Jeremiah Johnson
Adventure, Western
7.3
Snow Dogs
Comedy, Family, Adventure
5.6
Barbie & Her Sisters in the Great Puppy Adventure
Family, Animation, Adventure
7.2
To Kill a Mockingbird
Drama
8.0
A Bronx Tale
Drama, Crime
7.9
Freedom Writers
Crime, Drama
7.9
Boyz n the Hood
Crime, Drama
7.6
Do the Right Thing
Drama
7.8
Ray
Drama, Music
7.4
The Color Purple
Drama, History
7.8
The Wanderers
Drama
7.0
In the Heat of the Night
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
7.6
Far from Heaven
Drama, Romance
7.0
Hart's War
Drama, War
6.4
The Human Stain
Drama, Romance
6.0
Miracle at St. Anna
Drama, War
6.1
Menace II Society
Drama, Crime
7.5
Head of State
Comedy, Drama
5.5
Freedomland
Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
5.2
Coach Carter
Drama, History
7.6
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
5.2
Just Cause
Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
6.2
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Comedy, Drama
5.6