WarGames is a perfectly fine little gem of a thriller. Well...not exactly a thriller, but it gets rather exciting at the end. Great performance by a young Matthew Broderick as the protagonist, John Wood as the "wacky professor", and Ally Sheedy as the "love" interest. The story is even more relevant today than back in the cold war...WHEN will technology make us extinct?!? Should be viewed and collected by everyone!!

Wargames was a movie that was way ahead of its time and remains one of the most important films ever made.

I remember seeing this film when I was ten. I'm now 43 and teach Computing... This is one of those great films that I can show to pupils and which engages them while educating them about how computers, fairly realistically, have changed in 30 years. These are kids aged around 11-13 and every time I show it to a new class, feedback it's almost universally positive. Impressive for a "nerdy" film from 1983.

Just simply a classic. The technology depicted has definitely not aged well, but the base story is still working. Watch the movie with the eyes of the time, when computers and networking were still very basic compared to today. A hacker triggers an AI unintentionnaly to start a nuclear war. Applicable to today with AI becoming ever more capable and humans ever more willing to leave the thinking to AI.

Classic. Must watch. 4K release is terrific.