Akeelah er en begavet pige, der udvælges til at deltage i en landsdækkende stavekonkurrence, men møder uventet modstand ikke alene fra de andre børn, men også fra sin moder og i sidste ende sig selv.

Jason Bateman får her sin spillefilmsdebut som instruktør, men heldigvis har han hyret en solid skuespiller til at spille hovedrollen: Sig selv! Bateman ses som Guy Trilby, der er i 40'eren, men aldrig kom længere end 8. klasse. Det faktum udnytter han til at få adgang til stave-konkurrencer, hvor han skal konkurrere mod små børn! Det er hans mål at nå hele vejen til den store finale i Los Angeles. Undervejs bliver han, noget modvilligt, venner med knægten Chaitainya, og snart begynder de to at lave ballade!

Wife and mother Miriam begins a downward emotional spiral as her husband avoids their collapsing marriage by immersing himself in his 11-year-old daughter's quest to become a spelling-bee champion.

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.

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.

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.

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?