WarGames

1983 7.1 (1977 votes) 1h 54m

Genres

Thriller Science Fiction Drama

Production Companies

Sherwood Productions
United Artists
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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 friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.