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WarGames

PG
Movie
1983
1h 54m
English
Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama
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 Armageddon.
Rating
WATCHMODE
7.3
IMDB
WarGames (1983) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
86

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Matthew Broderick
David Lightman
Dabney Coleman
McKittrick
John Wood
Stephen Falken
Ally Sheedy
Jennifer
Barry Corbin
General Beringer
Juanin Clay
Pat Healy
Michael Ensign
Beringer's Aide
William Bogert
Mr. Lightman
Susan Davis
Mrs. Lightman
David Clover
Stockman
John Garber
Corporal in the Infirmary
Billy Ray Sharkey
Radar Analyst
James Lemp
Commander
Gary Sexton
Technician
Jason Bernard
Captain Knewt
Directed By: John Badham
Written By: Walter F. Parkes (Screenplay), Lawrence Lasker (Screenplay)

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kiwijunglist says...
11 years ago
of course it looks outdated, it's not about the special effects, it's about the story and your imagination (just like all 80s movies)
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NotoriousX says...
9 years ago
WarGames is a perfectly fine little gem of a thriller. Well...not exactly a thriller, but it gets rather exciting at the end. Great performance by a young Matthew Broderick as the protagonist, John Wood as the "wacky professor", and Ally Sheedy as the "love" interest. The story is even more relevant today than back in the cold war...WHEN will technology make us extinct?!? Should be viewed and collected by everyone!!
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AlexanderZ says...
8 years ago
Wargames was a movie that was way ahead of its time and remains one of the most important films ever made.
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sage020 says...
one year ago
It’s a good film, characters were a bit tacky though.
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Featured User Reviews

bladefd
7/10  4 months ago
‘WarGames’ is an 80s classic that delves into ideas that were fairly original for the decade in question. A high-school underachiever and hacker, David (Matthew Broderick), attempts to hack into a game company. In his exploit hunt, he connects to a mysterious system that lists him multiple games More
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John Chard
5 years ago
Wanna play Global Thermonuclear War?

It was with much interest to me to revisit this early 80s hacker piece armed with the knowledge of just how the advent of change in the computer world had evolved. With that in mind the film could quite easily be classed as a bit clunky due to the now almost N More
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GenerationofSwine
2 years ago
Ally Sheedy, whatever happened to her. When I was a little kid, I mean REALLY little she was one of the few stars I could name...and then she disappeared save for a couple memorable appearances in Psych. It's a shame.

Anyway, my fiance is a Millennial and I've been trying to introduce her and her More
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