WarGames

1983 · directed by John Badham

Rating

77/100

Hit

no

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.

WarGames (1983), directed by John Badham, rates 77/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Matthew Broderick
• Dabney Coleman
• John Wood
• Ally Sheedy
• Barry Corbin
• Juanin Clay
• Kent Williams
• Dennis Lipscomb
• Joe Dorsey
• Irving Metzman

Crew

• William A. Fraker — Director of Photography
• Tom Rolf — Editor
• Arthur B. Rubinstein — Original Music Composer
• Lawrence Lasker — Writer
• Walter F. Parkes — Writer

More from John Badham

1. Saturday Night Fever (1977) — 72/100
2. The Jack Bull (1999) — 72/100
3. Stakeout (1987) — 71/100
4. Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981) — 71/100
5. The Hard Way (1991) — 68/100
6. Blue Thunder (1983) — 67/100

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