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WarGames

Where to Watch WarGames (1983)

Movie"Is it a game, or is it real?"

Need to watch 'streaming service to buy, rent, , or watch the John Badham-directed movie via subscription can be a huge pain, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'WarGames' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of how you can watch 'WarGames' right now, here are some particulars about the Sherwood Productions, United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer drama flick.

Released June 3rd, 1983, 'WarGames' stars Ally Sheedy The PG movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 54 min, and received a score of 71 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 1,970 respected s.

Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Amazon Video, YouTube, Fandango At Home, AMC+, Microsoft Store, Plex, MGM Plus, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, AMC+ Roku Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, and Google Play Movies .

'WarGames' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on June 3rd, 1983 - Buy WarGames Movie Tickets
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting April 29th, 1998 - Buy WarGames DVD

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WarGames is a 1983 American Cold War science fiction film written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes and directed by John Badham. The film stars Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, and Ally Sheedy. The film follows David Lightman (Broderick), a young hacker who unwittingly accesses War Operation Plan Response (WOPR), a United States military supercomputer originally programmed to predict possible outcomes of nuclear war. Lightman gets WOPR to run a nuclear war simulation, believing it to be a computer game. The computer, now tied into the nuclear weapons control system and unable to tell the difference between simulation and reality, attempts to start World War III. A sequel, WarGames: The Dead Code, was released direct-to-video in 2008.