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WarGames
1983
· Movie
· 114 min
B
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1527
- IMDb #1961
- Google retired #1914
- Rotten Tomatoes #1144
- Metacritic #887
- Letterboxd #2130
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #694
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2021
- Metacritic Critics #897
- Metacritic Audience #1105
- Criticker #1446
- Douban #1415
- Kinopoisk #2442
- AlloCiné #1880
- Trakt #1032
Every rating
52–93
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 52, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 93. Critics average 85, everyone else 72.
See the most agreed on films →A young computer whiz accidentally hacks into a military supercomputer programmed to predict possible outcomes of nuclear war. He starts a game of global thermonuclear war, believing it to be a simulation. The computer, however, cannot tell the difference and begins to initiate very real war procedures.
Details
- Director
- John Badham
- Writers
- Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes
- Studio
- Sherwood Productions, United Artists
- Released
- 3 June 1983
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $12.0M
- Box office
- $124.6M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 14 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 17 →3 wins from 17 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Academy Award 1984 | Best Cinematography | William A. Fraker | Nominee |
| Academy Award 1984 | Best Sound | Michael J. Kohut, Carlos Delarios, Aaron Rochin, Willie D. Burton | Nominee |
| Academy Award 1984 | Best Original Screenplay | Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes | Nominee |
| Writers Guild of America Award 1984 | Best Original Screenplay | Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes | Nominee |
| American Cinema Editors Award 1984 | Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | Tom Rolf | Winner |
| British Academy Film Award 1984 | Best Production Design | Angelo P. Graham | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Award 1984 | Best Special Visual Effects | Michael L. Fink, Joe Digaetano, Jack Cooperman, Don Hansard, Colin Cantwell, William A. Fraker | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Award 1984 | Best Sound | Michael J. Kohut, Willie D. Burton, William Manger | Winner |
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Academy Award
3 nominations
| Best Cinematography | William A. Fraker | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Michael J. Kohut, Carlos Delarios, Aaron Rochin, Willie D. Burton | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Award
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes | Nominee |
Saturn Award
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | John Badham | Winner |
| Best Actor | Matthew Broderick | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Ally Sheedy | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction Film | WarGames | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | John Wood | Nominee |
| Best Writing | Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes | Nominee |
British Academy Film Award
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Sound | Michael J. Kohut, Willie D. Burton, William Manger | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Angelo P. Graham | Nominee |
| Best Special Visual Effects | Michael L. Fink, Joe Digaetano, Jack Cooperman, Don Hansard, Colin Cantwell, William A. Fraker | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | Tom Rolf | Winner |
Young Artist Award
2 nominations
| Best Family Feature Motion Picture | WarGames | Nominee |
| Best Young Motion Picture Actress in a Feature Film | Ally Sheedy | Nominee |
Hugo Award
1 nomination
| Best Dramatic Presentation | John Badham, Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes | Nominee |