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WarGames (1983) - Where to Watch

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Audience Score
71

Looking for where to watch 'WarGames' on any device? Check out platforms and services with rental, purchase, and subscription options, so you can find the right fit. In the US, you can currently rent, buy, or stream 'WarGames' via subscription on Google Play Movies, Microsoft Store, Plex, Apple TV Store, Prime Video, YouTube, Pluto TV, The Roku Channel, Tubi TV, Hoopla.

Here are some helpful extras before you press play about the Sherwood Productions, United Artists drama flick. WarGames starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy has a PG rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 54 min. The release date of the movie is June 3rd, 1983. The movie received a user score of 71/100 on TMDb, which comes from reviews from 2,056 verified users.

Looking for a quick synopsis? Here's the plot: "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."

'WarGames' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on June 3rd, 1983
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting April 29th, 1998 - Buy WarGames DVD

WarGames Movies

WarGames is a 1983 American Cold War science fiction film written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes and directed by John Badham. The film stars Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, and Ally Sheedy. The film follows David Lightman (Broderick), a young hacker who unwittingly accesses War Operation Plan Response (WOPR), a United States military supercomputer originally programmed to predict possible outcomes of nuclear war. Lightman gets WOPR to run a nuclear war simulation, believing it to be a computer game. The computer, now tied into the nuclear weapons control system and unable to tell the difference between simulation and reality, attempts to start World War III. A sequel, WarGames: The Dead Code, was released direct-to-video in 2008.