WarGames
High School student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions! Together with his girlfriend (Ally Sheedy) and a wizardly computer genius (John Wood), David must race against time to outwit his opponent...and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
Thriller, Science Fiction
United Artists, Sherwood Productions
Matthew Broderick as David Lightman, Dabney Coleman as Dr. John McKittrick, Ally Sheedy as Jennifer Katherine Mack, John Wood as Dr. Stephen Falken, Barry Corbin as General Jack Beringer, Juanin Clay as Pat Healy, Kent Williams as Arthur Cabot, Dennis Lipscomb as Lyle Watson, Joe Dorsey as Col. Joe Conley, Irving Metzman as Paul Richter, Michael Ensign as Beringer's Aide, William Bogert as Mr. Lightman, Susan Davis as Mrs. Lightman, James Tolkan as Nigan, David Clover as Stockman, Drew Snyder as Ayers, John Garber as Corporal in the Infirmary, Duncan Wilmore as Major Lem, Billy Ray Sharkey as Radar Analyst, John Spencer as Jerry, Michael Madsen as Steve, Erik Stern as Commander, Gary Bisig as Deputy, Gary Sexton as Technician, Jason Bernard as Captain Knewt, Frankie Hill as Airman Fields, Jesse D. Goins as Sergeant, Alan Blumenfeld as Mr. Liggett, Len Lawson as Boys Vice Principal, Maury Chaykin as Jim Sting, Eddie Deezen as Malvin, Stack Pierce as Airman, William H. Macy as NORAD Officer