A Christmas Story Movies: Jean Shepherd films, worst to best

Six years later, Ralphie has his eyes fixed on a car. But trouble is sure to follow.

A live broadcast of the Broadway musical "A Christmas Story".

In this sequel to A Christmas Story (1983), it is now summer in the Parker family and the usual number of events is happening in their separate lives.

14-year-old Ralph and his All-American family head off on their annual trek to summer resort Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss.

Follows the now-adult Ralphie as he returns to the house on Cleveland Street to give his kids a magical Christmas like the one he had as a child, reconnecting with childhood friends, and reconciling the passing of his Old Man.

In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie Parker attempts to convince his parents, teacher, and Santa Claus that a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.

Teenager Ralph Parker faces his junior prom while fantasizing about his dream date Daphne Bigelow, and dealing with the ups and downs of life as a teen in a working-class neighborhood in the early-1950's Midwest.

Radio legend, Jean Shepherd, in his inimitable Norman Rockwell's Americana style, narrates a James Halpin script about a man who anxiously awaits the birth of his son with many dreams of anticipation. When his son is finally born, he is deaf. The story reveals not only how the man helps his child overcome his challenges but to create an exemplary life experience in spite of it.

After the fiasco of the party, Arnie is in no mood to mess about any longer and lets rip at all his crew. Struggling to see where he can get any capital to bail out his vastly over budget film, he decides to drown his sorrows, but Maud isn't ready to give in yet and surprises Arnie with her initiative. Meanwhile Letty finally discovers just what Arnie had in mind for her, leaving her heartbroken. But just as things look to be going well for the film studio, a tragedy happens that looks set to turn all their dreams into ashes.