Movie · WarGames Collection

WarGames (1983)

• PG
• June 3, 1983
• 1h 54m

• Drama
• Science Fiction
• Thriller

“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.

Director

John Badham

Writers

Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes

Starring

Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood