1983
7.1 (1957 votes)
1h 54m
Genres
Thriller
Science Fiction
Drama
Production Companies
Sherwood Productions
United Artists
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
United Artists
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
WarGames
Is it a game, or is it real?
Overview
High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
Key Crew
Producer: Harold Schneider, Richard Hashimoto
Screenplay: Walter F. Parkes, Lawrence Lasker
Director of Photography: William A. Fraker
Director: John Badham
Top Cast
Matthew Broderick
David Lightman
Dabney Coleman
McKittrick
John Wood
Stephen Falken
Ally Sheedy
Jennifer
Barry Corbin
General Beringer
Juanin Clay
Pat Healy
Kent Williams
Cabot
Dennis Lipscomb
Watson
Videos
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