WarGames

WarGames72%

Movie 1983-06-03 1h 54m Drama Science Fiction Thriller
★ 7.1 / 10 · 2,217 votes
Ratings
Combined
71.7 %
9 sources
IMDb
7.1 /10
122,713 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
93 %
46 votes
Metacritic
77 %
15 votes
Letterboxd
3.5 /5
109,948 votes
Trakt
76 %
5,796 votes
TMDB
70 %
2,219 votes
RT Audience
76 %
1,988 votes
Metacritic Users
7.6 /10
63 votes
Roger Ebert
4.0 /10

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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Status
Released
Released
1983-06-03
Runtime
1h 54m
Box office
$124,600,000
Studios
Sherwood Productions , United Artists
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Links
IMDb, Wikidata, Letterboxd

Awards

Nominated for 3 Academy Awards

Academy Awards 3 nominated

  • 1984 Best Sound Nominated
  • 1984 Best Cinematography Nominated
  • 1984 Best Writing, Original Screenplay Nominated

Award data from Wikidata (CC0). Coverage may be incomplete.

Director
John Badham
Cast
Matthew Broderick Matthew Broderick David Lightman Dabney Coleman Dabney Coleman McKittrick John Wood John Wood Stephen Falken Ally Sheedy Ally Sheedy Jennifer Barry Corbin Barry Corbin General Beringer Juanin Clay Juanin Clay Pat Healy Kent Williams Kent Williams Cabot Dennis Lipscomb Dennis Lipscomb Watson Joe Dorsey Joe Dorsey Conley Irving Metzman Irving Metzman Richter Michael Ensign Michael Ensign Beringer's Aide William Bogert William Bogert Mr. Lightman
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