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1. Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
PG | 112 min | Drama, Family
Akeelah, a young gifted girl, comes from a dysfunctional family and is on the verge of quitting school. She discovers that she has a high aptitude for spellings and enters a spelling bee contest.
Director: Doug Atchison | Stars: Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Keke Palmer, Curtis Armstrong
Votes: 21,684 | Gross: $18.81M
2. Bee Season (2005)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Family
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.
Directors: Scott McGehee, David Siegel | Stars: Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche, Flora Cross, Max Minghella
Votes: 7,237 | Gross: $1.18M
3. Spellbound (2002)
G | 97 min | Documentary, Comedy, Thriller
Spellbound follows eight teenagers on their quest to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee.
Director: Jeffrey Blitz | Stars: Angela Arenivar, Ubaldo Arenivar, Jorge Arenivar, Scott McGarraugh
Votes: 12,465 | Gross: $5.73M
4. Spelling the Dream (2018)
TV-G | 82 min | Documentary
Chronicle of the ups and downs of four Indian-American students as they compete to realize their dream of winning the iconic tournament.
Director: Sam Rega | Stars: Srinivas Ayyagari, Jacques Bailly, Valerie Browning, Ratnam Chitturi
Votes: 797
5. National Spelling Bee (2006 Video)
Short, Comedy
Tensions arise when a controversial word is asked to be spelled at a spelling bee.
Director: Dan Eckman | Stars: Dominic Dierkes, Dan Eckman, Donald Glover, Meggie McFadden
Votes: 79
6. Spelling Night in Canada 2012 (2012 TV Special)
60 min | Game-Show
The 21 finalists from across the country face- off and go word for word and letter for letter in an effort to be crowned Canada's National Spelling Champion.
Director: Shelagh O'Brien | Stars: Brent Bambury, Gerry Dee, Jim Hughson, Paul Loeffler
Votes: 16
7.
Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode:
War of the Words
(2002)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
Frederick is in town for the National Spelling Bee Championship, and Niles is reminded of his days a competitor in the bee himself.
Director: Sheldon Epps | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin
Votes: 798
8.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014– )
Episode:
Net Neutrality
(2014)
TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show
This week's topics include the rise of the far right political parties in Europe, the Ukrainian election, Afghanistan, Net Neutrality, Australia's hard-line right-wing Prime Minister Tony Abbott, and the 2014 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Director: Joe Perota | Stars: John Oliver, George Foote, David Kaye, Brendan Sasso
Votes: 474