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WarGames (1983)

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.

  • Thriller
  • Science Fiction
  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Matthew BroderickMatthew BroderickDavid Lightman
  • Photo of Dabney ColemanDabney ColemanMcKittrick
  • Photo of John WoodJohn WoodStephen Falken
  • Photo of Ally SheedyAlly SheedyJennifer
  • Photo of Barry CorbinBarry CorbinGeneral Beringer
  • Photo of Juanin ClayJuanin ClayPat Healy
  • Photo of Kent WilliamsKent WilliamsCabot
  • Photo of Dennis LipscombDennis LipscombWatson
  • Photo of Joe DorseyJoe DorseyConley
  • Photo of Irving MetzmanIrving MetzmanRichter

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