WarGames

1983 114 min Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller

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.

IMDb 7.1 RT 93 Metacritic 77

budget $12,000,000 earnings $124,600,000 return 10.4x

director John Badham

writers Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes

cast