🎬 Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller

WarGames

"Is it a game, or is it real?"

⭐ 7.1/10 1983 1h 54m Dir. John Badham
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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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7.1/10 2,171 votes

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Year
1983
Runtime
1h 54m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.1/10
Votes
2,171
Genre
Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
Director
Language
EN
Budget
$12.0M

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎭 Science Fiction 🎭 Thriller 🎬 John Badham 👤 Matthew Broderick 👤 Dabney Coleman 👤 John Wood
artificial intelligence (a.i.) computer government hacker video game cold war fbi prosecution norad nuclear threat paranoid political thriller

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WarGames has a runtime of 1h 54m (1 hour and 54 minutes).
WarGames was directed by John Badham and released in 1983.
WarGames is a Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller film (1983).
The cast of WarGames includes Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy, Barry Corbin.
WarGames has a TMDB rating of 7.1/10 based on 2,171 votes.

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