WarGames

Movie

1983

1h 54m

English

Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama

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7.3

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WarGames

Movie

1983

1h 54m

English

Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama

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Watch on HBO (Via Hulu)

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.

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Cast

David Lightman

McKittrick

Stephen Falken

Jennifer

General Beringer

Pat Healy

Cabot

Watson

Conley

Richter

Beringer's Aide

Mr. Lightman

Mrs. Lightman

Wigan

Stockman

Ayers

Corporal in the Infirmary

Major Lem

Radar Analyst

Jerry

Steve

Commander

Deputy

Technician

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of course it looks outdated, it's not about the special effects, it's about the story and your imagination (just like all 80s movies)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...

8 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...

7 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...

5 months ago

It’s a good film, characters were a bit tacky though.

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John Chard

4 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

one year 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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