WarGames

1983 · 114 min · ★ 7.1 / 10 · 2266 votes

Drama · Science fiction · Thrillers

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.

Cast

Matthew Broderick · Dabney Coleman · John Wood · Ally Sheedy · Barry Corbin · Juanin Clay · Kent Williams · Dennis Lipscomb · Joe Dorsey · Irving Metzman

Director

John Badham