WarGames

About WarGames

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.

WarGames (1983) is a science fiction thriller film directed by John Badham. At 114 minutes long, it arrived in June 1983.

Matthew Broderick stars as David Lightman, Dabney Coleman as McKittrick, John Wood as Stephen Falken, and Ally Sheedy as Jennifer. Written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes.

Shelv files it under hopeful, artificial intelligence (a.i.), tense, and video game. American members can watch it on AMC, AMC+, and AMC+ Amazon Channel.

Upgrade, The Lives of Others, and The Firm make useful companions to WarGames, all filed under cyber thriller and hacker. It scores 7.1 out of 10 from 2,272 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.