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WarGames is a film about a hacker who accidentally triggers a nuclear war simulation and faces the consequences. The film was a critical and commercial success, and popularized concepts of computer hacking and cybersecurity.
WarGames: Directed by John Badham. With Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy. A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.
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- Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
- John Badham
- 1983-06-03
A teenage hacker accidentally triggers a nuclear war simulation with a supercomputer and must stop it before it's too late. IMDb provides the plot summary, cast and crew, trivia, and user reviews of this classic sci-fi thriller.
WarGames is a 1983 Cold War thriller about a teen hacker who accidentally triggers a nuclear war simulation. See the critics' and audience's ratings, the cast and crew, and the official trailer on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- John Badham
- PG
- Matthew Broderick
WARGAMES (1983) | Official Trailer | MGM. A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III. ...more.
- 3 min
- 289.3K
- Amazon MGM Studios
A classic thriller about a teenage hacker who accidentally accesses a military computer and triggers a nuclear war simulation. Read Roger Ebert's analysis of the plot, the characters, the technology and the ending of this sci-fi film.
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Dec 16, 2002 · The story line of WarGames follows a high school-age computer hacker (Matthew Broderick) as he accidentally taps into the giant computer brain for the U.S. Defense Department and mistakes it for a highly publicized new game that all the techno geeks are playing called "Global Thermonuclear Warfare."
