Movie · 114 min · PG · act, drm, trl, scf, eur
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.
Where to watch WarGames
- Apple TV Store
- Amazon Video
- mgp
- YouTube TV
- YouTube Free
- Fandango At Home
- Sky Store
- Philo
- MUBI
- Hoopla
- fuboTV
- erk
- MGM Plus
- Barnes & Noble
- azp
- amg
- AMC
- aep
- adb
- AMC+
- AMC Plus Apple TV Channel
Available on 21 platforms across 4 countries.
Chart positions today
Currently charting in 3 countries, best placed at #792 in New Zealand.
- New Zealand #792
- United Kingdom #839
- Peru #848
Available languages
Audio: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish
Subtitles: Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Malay, NN, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
Chart history
WarGames has spent 1 days in a top 3, 1 days in a top 10 and 23 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #2.
Cast
Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy, Barry Corbin, Juanin Clay, Kent Williams, Dennis Lipscomb, Joe Dorsey, Irving Metzman, Michael Ensign, William Bogert, Susan Davis, James Tolkan, David Clover, Drew Snyder, John Garber, Duncan Wilmore
Crew
Harold Schneider (producer), Richard Hashimoto (producer), John Badham (director)
Awards
0 wins from 3 nominations.
- Academy Award for Best Sound 1984 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography 1984 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay 1984 — nominated