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WarGames is a 1983 American techno-thriller film directed by John Badham, written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes, and starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood and Ally Sheedy.
- $12 million
- Arthur B. Rubinstein
- Harold Schneider
Jun 3, 1983 · A young hacker accidentally triggers a global nuclear conflict by playing a game with a super-computer. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic movie.
- (107K)
- John Badham
- PG
- Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A high school hacker accidentally triggers a nuclear war simulation and must stop the real thing from happening. WarGames is a suspenseful and inventive movie that explores the dangers of artificial intelligence and the arms race.
- (2K)
- John Badham
- PG
- Matthew Broderick
A classic thriller about a teenage hacker who accidentally accesses a military computer and triggers a nuclear war simulation. Read Roger Ebert's analysis of the plot, the characters, the technology and the ending of this sci-fi film.
A teenage hacker accidentally triggers a nuclear war simulation with a supercomputer and must stop it before it's too late. IMDb provides summaries, cast and crew, trivia, and user reviews of the classic sci-fi thriller film.
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 Defense Department'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 ...