WarGames

Name: WarGames
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy, Barry Corbin

Theatrical - Wide 1983-06-03

Cast Matthew Broderick Dabney Coleman John Wood Ally Sheedy Barry Corbin
Directed by John Badham
Written by Lawrence Lasker Walter Parkes

Box Office Gross: $124,600,000

Running Time: 114 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Sherwood Productions, United Artists

Genres: Drama Thriller

JoBlo's Rating

Not yet rated

Synopsis

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.... See more Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.

Latest Stories

JoBlo Originals

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: The Flash, Jaws, Nope, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, WarGames

Posted 3 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

JoBlo Originals

WarGames (1983) Revisited: Sci-Fi Film Review

Posted 4 years ago

Theodore Anyone who has seen Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is well aware that Matthew Broderick can be a very cool guy. He’s actually so cool that he even had the internet in 1983. And if you think the internet is...

JoBlo Originals

MOVIE POLL: What is your favorite fictional game movie?

Posted 5 years ago

See All Articles

Buy Links

WarGames

WarGames

Wargames (4K)

Movie Posters

All Articles

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Akira, Birdman, Snow White, WarGames

Posted 6 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and...

WarGames is being brought back as an interactivie digital short

Posted 11 years ago

Don’t ask me what is going on with that WARGAMES remake, because I don’t know. MGM certainly had plans to make it at one point, but maybe they realized that updating these 80s Cold War movies is easier said than...

For better or worse the WarGames remake has a writer and director

Posted 12 years ago

The 80s are hot today! First we had the news that Shane Black will write and direct the reboot of PREDATOR; and now WARGAMES is relevant again with the long-gestating reboot finally moving forward with a writer and director. MGM...

Watch List: Catch these movies on Netflix before they expire on January 1st

Posted 12 years ago

For those of you with a little time off for the holidays, you might want to catch up with some movies on Netflix before returning to the real world. Thanks to Vulture, we have a list of films that will...

Movie Jail: This week’s defendant is…Matthew Broderick!

Posted 13 years ago

This is Movie Jail, a unique maximum security prison that houses some of the worst writers, directors, actors and producers from Hollywood and beyond. Their crimes? The offenses vary from convict to convict but most of these inmates have contributed...