Akeelah and the Bee

2006 · Drama · 113 min

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 finals. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.

Keke Palmer

Laurence Fishburne

Angela Bassett

Curtis Armstrong

J.R. Villarreal

Sean Michael Afable

Sahara Garey

Lee Thompson Young

Julito McCullum

Erica Hubbard

Eddie Steeples

Dalia Phillips