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The X-Files

The X-Files

Fight the future.

19986.92h 1m

Overview

Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.

Directed by Rob Bowman
Written by Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz
Produced by Daniel Sackheim, Chris Carter
Box OfficeBudget: $66.0MRevenue: $189.2M

Top Cast

David Duchovny

David Duchovny

Agent Fox Mulder

Gillian Anderson

Gillian Anderson

Agent Dana Scully

Mitch Pileggi

Mitch Pileggi

Assistant Director Walter Skinner

William B. Davis

William B. Davis

The Cigarette-Smoking Man

John Neville

John Neville

The Well-Manicured Man

Martin Landau

Martin Landau

Kurtzweil

Jeffrey DeMunn

Jeffrey DeMunn

Bronschweig

Tom Braidwood

Tom Braidwood

Frohike

Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner

Cassidy

Terry O'Quinn

Terry O'Quinn

Michaud

Themes & Keywords

helicopterspace marinegovernmentbombmutationextraterrestrial technologyobsessionfbisecret societysecret organizationsecret labx-filesufoconspiracyovine

About The X-Files

The X-Files is a mystery, science fiction, thriller film released in 1998 exploring themes of helicopter, space marine, government, bomb, mutation, extraterrestrial technology. Directed by Rob Bowman, it stars David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi. Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.

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