![Standout: The Ben Kjar Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280//aMkw548sxgNKrQNrHt2TcbPFp7i.jpg)
Standout: The Ben Kjar Story(2025)
With no chance at an ordinary life, he lived an extraordinary one.
Standout tells the powerful story of Ben Kjar, born with Crouzon Syndrome, a rare craniofacial disorder. From birth, doctors warn that his life will be overshadowed by limitations. Ben yearns for an ordinary life free from the harsh scrutiny he faces daily. However, each experience of adversity, including relentless bullying and a series of painful surgeries, ignites a fire within him. Wrestling becomes his proving ground, a place where he learns to transform his facial difference into a source of power. Determined to succeed, he pushes himself relentlessly, breaking through physical, social, and even romantic barriers that once seemed insurmountable. But as unexpected challenges arise and ridicule resurfaces, Ben finds himself at a defining crossroads: fade into the background of a “normal” life, or fully embrace his unique path and boldly stand out.
Movie: Standout: The Ben Kjar Story
Top 9 Billed Cast
Self
Young Ben
Young Stana
Self
Self
Jerk Dad
![Standout: The Ben Kjar Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//zNeKKRbZRhgxi5Gpu4SWLhmBEH0.jpg)
Standout: The Ben Kjar Story
HomePage
Overview
Standout tells the powerful story of Ben Kjar, born with Crouzon Syndrome, a rare craniofacial disorder. From birth, doctors warn that his life will be overshadowed by limitations. Ben yearns for an ordinary life free from the harsh scrutiny he faces daily. However, each experience of adversity, including relentless bullying and a series of painful surgeries, ignites a fire within him. Wrestling becomes his proving ground, a place where he learns to transform his facial difference into a source of power. Determined to succeed, he pushes himself relentlessly, breaking through physical, social, and even romantic barriers that once seemed insurmountable. But as unexpected challenges arise and ridicule resurfaces, Ben finds himself at a defining crossroads: fade into the background of a “normal” life, or fully embrace his unique path and boldly stand out.
Release Date
2025-02-23
Average
0
Rating:
0.0 startsTagline
With no chance at an ordinary life, he lived an extraordinary one.
Genres
Languages:
EnglishKeywords
Similar Movies
![The Second Arctic Winter Games](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/3wcgk2s9XKWFcCJncJV01aACkPx.jpg)
The Second Arctic Winter Games(en)
The Games included many sports seen in Olympic competition, plus others--for example, pirautaqturniq, the Inuit skill of hitting an object with a ten meter-long sled dog whip. This film captures the all-out participation in the week-long events hosted by Whitehorse, capital of the Yukon, with competitors from all over the Arctic including Alaska, and with observers from the Soviet Union.
![No Way They Want to Slow Down](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/vg2sq3PFXx1MCMuSqSBHhIVIqBt.jpg)
No Way They Want to Slow Down(en)
Filmmaker Giles Walker takes an informal look at how our best skiers work and live. Filmed in 1976, this short movie follows the Canadian ski team on a tight schedule in Chile and Argentina. With 2 ½ tons of equipment, speeds of up to 140 km/h, gruelling workouts and a dramatic theft, it's safe to say that downhill racing is not for the faint of heart.
![I Am Richard Pryor](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/u7awSktxLkN5FT0ZdejyqZIzvFo.jpg)
I Am Richard Pryor(en)
The life story of Richard Pryor (1940-2005), the legendary performer and iconic social satirist who transcended racial and social barriers with his honest, irreverent and biting humor.
![Cherry Valentine: Gypsy Queen and Proud](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/raYVV7PA1s0ztfl9mNvFhM19aXG.jpg)
Cherry Valentine: Gypsy Queen and Proud(en)
At 18, George Ward left the Gypsy community. He had felt rejected having come out as gay. Leaving his Gypsy identity behind, he invented Cherry Valentine, a drag alter-ego. Now he wants to find out if he can be accepted as a queer Gypsy and feel proud.
![Supersonic](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/gMHLEKTB22J212To1gSnundcIhH.jpg)
Supersonic(en)
Supersonic charts the meteoric rise of Oasis from the council estates of Manchester to some of the biggest concerts of all time in just three short years. This palpable, raw and moving film shines a light on one of the most genre and generation-defining British bands that has ever existed and features candid new interviews with Noel and Liam Gallagher, their mother, and members of the band and road crew.
![Almost Perfect: The 99th Pitch](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/ebZWjsFoY9o2fD2s6kSDjyfU7st.jpg)
Almost Perfect: The 99th Pitch(en)
On April 20, 1990, Seattle Mariners' starting pitcher, Brian Holman, faces off against the Oakland Athletics in an infamous performance that stands as one of the most rare events in Major League Baseball history.
![Gun Runners](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/w4D5AWgOeBmtWuvL9YV6Jd2F1iB.jpg)
Gun Runners(en)
For years, Julius Arile and Robert Matanda thrive among the bands of warriors that terrorize the North Kenyan countryside. So when both warriors suddenly disappear from the bush, many assume they are dead or have been arrested. Instead, they trade in their rifles for sneakers—in the hopes of making it big as professional marathon runners. Years of fleeing from the police have prepared the men for running marathon distances, but do they have what it takes to overcome the corruption, mistrust and jealousy that threaten to derail their careers?
![Ale](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/1nAwqzlcoj6sv9rOUUlPAIpXzTm.jpg)
Ale(de)
19-year-old Alessandra is a wrestling student. As a newbie, her goal is to develop a so-called "gimmick" for herself. A ring character of her own, which should become very similar to her due to her biographical cornerstones. This film documents this development process, which at the same time also represents an inner journey of self-discovery for Alessandra. But on her way to becoming a full-fledged wrestler her life changes in an unexpected way, which forces her to grow up faster than expected.
![Yuri Olesha, nicknamed "The Writer"](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/cqp6RloJXg1q7DIeE7sU7ydTeGN.jpg)
Yuri Olesha, nicknamed "The Writer"(ru)
Animated documentary film about the fate of the writer - Yuri Olesha. About how he was strangled by the grip of the era that fell to him, and in such an embrace he was forced to live not his life. Created on the basis of the writer's diaries, the film tells about the inner throwing of a talented man who died in literature thirty years before his physical death.
![The Third Team: All-Access 2012 World Series](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/ip6TuIG1TclM4jrhu77Alc2WxsZ.jpg)
The Third Team: All-Access 2012 World Series(en)
Features exclusive behind-the-scenes access and never-before-heard audio of the MLB umpires who worked the 2012 World Series between the San Francisco Giants and Detroit Tigers.
![Top Gear: Botswana Special](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/7RlDqATgxzXU1fbYQ1miWNd1nRq.jpg)
Top Gear: Botswana Special(de)
Jeremy, James and Richard each buy a used two-wheel drive car for £1500 and drive it for 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometres) across Botswana from the Zimbabwe border across the Makgadikgadi salt plains and through the Okavango Delta to the Namibian border. The Stig's African cousin also makes an appearance.
![Deadliest Crash: The Le Mans 1955 Disaster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/yiX30E00uIxRfWQEJruufCjMjh.jpg)
Deadliest Crash: The Le Mans 1955 Disaster(en)
Three years in the making in conjunction with the BBC. Using never seen before home movies, photos and eye witness accounts - this is the inside story of the world's biggest motorsport disaster.
![Touching the Void](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/fsydA5H8FSDaYlYWddfMpMpDUX.jpg)
Touching the Void(en)
The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
![Hergé: In the Shadow of Tintin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/b3WUrIGB1NMJHcyHikrs4peGIh7.jpg)
Hergé: In the Shadow of Tintin(fr)
Georges Remi, known as Hergé, a complex and complicated artist, created Tintin, one of the most famous characters in the world. With exceptional access to the archives of Studios Hergé and Moulinsart, this documentary looks at Remi's life and the way he changed the art of comic.
![The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/bxMz3MY9RyBRG4bAqn0fYQrR1ng.jpg)
The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky(de)
A documentary about the life of Andrei Tarkovsky in exile in Western Europe including Italy, Sweden, Germany and France until his sad demise to a fatal cancer.
![Youth of the World](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/22qqmVWq5Nt3J8NDU3MQoDjNBwU.jpg)
Youth of the World(de)
This Nazi propaganda film covers the 1936 Winter Olympics that were held in Germany.
![Reach Your Limits](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/pkMkbQEfvMW4uuGjZqKXSZtrO9v.jpg)
Reach Your Limits(bg)
One of the best Bulgarian mountain runners – Kiril Nikolov, known as Disl, attempted to set a new record – to run through the longest and legendary Bulgarian mountain route – 600 km from the mountain peak of Kom on the west border to cape Emine on the Black Sea coast, in less than 5 days. Through steep mountain paths, pouring rain, and sticky mud, the glorious adventure takes him beyond the barriers of his own consciousness, facing hidden fears, pain and exhaustion. Tо the point where he has to make a tough choice – to quit or to push his will to the ultimate challenge, beyond his own limitations.
Font Men(en)
You've never heard of Jonathan Hoefler or Tobias Frere-Jones but you've seen their work. They run the most successful and respected type design studio in the world, making fonts used by the Wall Street Journal to the President of the United States.