WarGames

Name: WarGames
Genre: Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama
Released: 03 Jun 1983
Rating: 7.07
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy, Barry Corbin

Is it a game, or is it real? 1983-06-03 United States of America 114 minutes.

7.07 1,957 votes

Thriller Science Fiction Drama artificial intelligence (a.i.)computer government hacker video game cold war fbi prosecution norad nuclear threat paranoid tense intense hopeful

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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.

Year 1983

Studio Sherwood Productions, United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Director John Badham

Crew John Badham (Director), Lawrence Lasker (Screenplay), Walter F. Parkes (Screenplay), Leonard Goldberg (Executive Producer), Richard Hashimoto (Producer), Harold Schneider (Producer)

Popularity 10

Language English