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WarGames

Is it a game, or is it real?

  • Movie
  • 1983
  • PG
  • 1h 54m

Directed by John Badham

7.1

TMDB audience rating
7.1 out of 10 from 2,293 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Matthew Broderick

    Matthew BroderickDavid Lightman

  • Dabney Coleman

    Dabney ColemanMcKittrick

  • John Wood

    John WoodStephen Falken

  • Ally Sheedy

    Ally SheedyJennifer

  • Barry Corbin

    Barry CorbinGeneral Beringer

  • Juanin Clay

    Juanin ClayPat Healy

  • Kent Williams

    Kent WilliamsCabot

  • Dennis Lipscomb

    Dennis LipscombWatson

  • Joe Dorsey

    Joe DorseyConley

  • Irving Metzman

    Irving MetzmanRichter

  • Michael Ensign

    Michael EnsignBeringer's Aide

  • William Bogert

    William BogertMr. Lightman

  • Susan DavisMrs. Lightman

  • James Tolkan

    James TolkanWigan

  • David CloverStockman

  • Drew Snyder

    Drew SnyderAyers

  • John GarberCorporal in the Infirmary

  • Duncan WilmoreMajor Lem

Director
John Badham
Writer
Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes
Music
Arthur B. Rubinstein
Cinematography
William A. Fraker