WarGames (1983)

About the film: High school student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) unwittingly hacks into a military supercomputer while searching for new video games. After starting a game of Global Thermonuclear War, Lightman leads the supercomputer to activate the nation's nuclear arsenal in response to his simulated threat as the Soviet Union. Once the clueless hacker comes to his senses, Lightman, with help from his girlfriend (Ally Sheedy), must find a way to alert the authorities to stop the onset of World War III.

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086567

Alex Glaser, Professor at the School of Public and International Affairs and in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and co-director of the Program on Science and Global Security, provided the introduction for the movie, and led the post-screening discussion.