SimilarScreen
The X Files: I Want to Believe

The X Files: I Want to Believe

To find the truth, you must believe.

20085.91h 44m

Overview

Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.

Directed by Chris Carter
Written by Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz
Produced by Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz
Box OfficeBudget: $30.0MRevenue: $69.4M

Top Cast

David Duchovny

David Duchovny

Fox Mulder

Gillian Anderson

Gillian Anderson

Dana Scully

Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet

ASAC Dakota Whitney

Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly

Father Joseph Crissman

Xzibit

Xzibit

Agent Mosley Drummy

Mitch Pileggi

Mitch Pileggi

Walter Skinner

Callum Keith Rennie

Callum Keith Rennie

2nd Abductor - Janke Dacyshyn

Adam Godley

Adam Godley

Father Ybarra

Nicki Aycox

Nicki Aycox

2nd Victim - Cheryl Cunningham

Alex Diakun

Alex Diakun

Gaunt Man

Themes & Keywords

extraterrestrial technologyfbialienpriesthospitalduringcreditsstingerbased on tv series

About The X Files: I Want to Believe

The X Files: I Want to Believe is a mystery, science fiction, thriller film released in 2008 exploring themes of extraterrestrial technology, fbi, alien, priest, hospital, duringcreditsstinger. Directed by Chris Carter, it stars David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet. Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.

Movies Similar to The X Files: I Want to Believe

Discover titles like The X Files: I Want to Believe — ranked by similarity and community votes

We found 15 movies similar to The X Files: I Want to Believe

If you enjoyed The X Files: I Want to Believe, you'll love these handpicked recommendations. Each title below shares similar themes, tone, and storytelling style. Our algorithm analyzes genres, keywords, director filmography, and cast connections to find the closest matches. Whether you're looking for the same emotional depth, narrative structure, or visual style, these picks are curated to deliver the best viewing experience for fans of The X Files: I Want to Believe.

The X-Files
34% Match

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.

Super 8
31% Match

Super 8(2011)

Movie6.8/10

In late 1970s Ohio, a group of friends filming a homemade zombie movie witness a devastating train derailment. Soon after, their quiet town is gripped by unexplained disappearances, strange phenomena, and a growing sense of fear, as they uncover that something terrifying has been set loose.

Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix
24% Match

After a battle with Dr. Animo in a power plant, Ben notices something strange is happening with the Omnitrix but doesn't tell anyone. Tetrax arrives and tells them the Omnitrix is broadcasting a self-destruct signal. Tetrax and Ben go to find the creator of the Omnitrix to fix it before it destroys itself and the universe along with it. Gwen stows away to help her cousin.

The Day the Earth Stood Still
24% Match

A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.

Arrival
23% Match

Arrival(2016)

Movie7.6/10

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

The Return
22% Match

The Return(1980)

Movie5.9/10

Two young children and an adult in a small town have an encounter with an alien spaceship. 25 years later the children are reunited as adults in the same town which is now beset by strange cattle mutilations. Matters become worse when the cattle mutilations are joined by human murders and mutilations.

Lilo & Stitch
22% Match

As Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien "puppy" of an independent little girl named Lilo and learns about loyalty, friendship, and ʻohana, the Hawaiian tradition of family.

Mindhunters
21% Match

Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst. Based very loosely on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None.

Contact
20% Match

Contact(1997)

Movie7.4/10

A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.

A.I. Artificial Intelligence
19% Match

David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David.

The Blob
18% Match

The Blob(1988)

Movie6.8/10

In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.

28 Days Later
18% Match

Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.