WarGames

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Released June 3rd, 1983, 'WarGames' stars Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy The PG movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 54 min, and received a user score of 71 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 1,762 respected users.

You probably already know what the movie's about, but just in case... 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 Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon."

'WarGames' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Google Play Movies, YouTube, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Vudu, Max, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Apple iTunes, HBO Max Amazon Channel, and AMC on Demand .

'WarGames' Release Dates

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

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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.