Is the movie WarGames available on Netflix, Disney+, Prime or Apple TV+?

At Stream Tracker, we're checking whether WarGames (1983) — the Cold War techno-thriller where a teenage hacker stumbles into NORAD's WOPR and almost triggers a nuclear DEFCON crisis — is available to stream on Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video or AppleTV+. Packed with late‑Cold War tension, iconic lines like "The only winning move is not to play," and a playground‑to‑nuclear chess game between man and machine, the film earned critical attention and several award nominations, including three Academy Award nods. In this article we'll explore where you can watch WarGames right now and how to find it across the major platforms.

Synopsis

A talented teenage hacker named David Lightman, who breaks into networks to grab unreleased video games, accidentally accesses a Department of Defense supercomputer and sets in motion simulations the military believes are real attacks. Teaming up with a friend and an eccentric, brilliant computer prodigy, David has to outsmart the system and the authorities, racing to prevent the simulated crisis from triggering an actual nuclear catastrophe.

Release date

1983

Duration

1h 54min

Rating

Director

John Badham

Country

États-Unis

Genre(s)

Action, Drame, Science-Fiction

Cast

Matthew Broderick Dabney Coleman John Wood Ally Sheedy Barry Corbin Juanin Clay Kent Williams