My Favorite X-Files "Monsters of the Week" Episodes
by DmitryKantorov | created - 15 Aug 2018 | updated - 01 Jul 2019 | PublicSPECIAL EXTRA TOPS:
The Best Problem Topic for Humanity in the Series - War. Especially in such episodes as:
• The Jersey Devil (1993) - For a great quote:
"Mulder: 8 million years out of Africa I don't think we're all that different.
Scully: Mulder, we put men into space. We built computers that work faster than the human mind.
Mulder: While we overpopulate the world and create new technologies to kill each other with? Maybe we're just beasts with big brains."
• Sleepless (1994)
• The Walk (1995) - The consequences of the war with man.
• Je Souhaite (2000) - Fox Mulder's Desire: "Peace on earth".
My Favorite Villains:
1. Eugene Victor Tooms
2. Flukeman
3. Family Peacock
4. Donald Addie Pfaster
5. Beggar Man
6. Robert Patrick Modell
7. Virgil Incanto
8. The Puppet
9. John Lee Roche
The Funniest Episodes:
1. The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat (2018)
2. Humbug (1995)
3. Bad Blood (1998)
4. Dreamland (1998) and Dreamland II (1998)
5. Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose (1995), because was The Stupendous Yappi
6. Rm9sbG93ZXJz (2018)
7. Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster (2016)
8. Improbable (2002)
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1.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Squeeze
(1993)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mulder and Scully search for a humanoid killer whose savage murder spree reoccurs every 30 years.
Director: Harry Longstreet | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Doug Hutchison, Donal Logue
Votes: 8,459
2.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Ghost in the Machine
(1993)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
On Halloween, Mulder and Scully investigate the death of a corporate executive who may have been murdered by a thinking computer.
Director: Jerrold Freedman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Jerry Hardin, Rob LaBelle
Votes: 6,420
3.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Fire
(1993)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mulder and Scully join forces with an inspector from Scotland Yard when a man with pyrokinetic powers stalks members of the British aristocracy.
Director: Larry Shaw | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Pays, Mark Sheppard
Votes: 6,128
4.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Beyond the Sea
(1994)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Scully believes that the psychic predictions of a death row inmate are the only hope in the kidnapping of two college students.
Director: David Nutter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Brad Dourif, Don S. Davis
Votes: 7,185
5.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Gender Bender
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A religious sect becomes the prime suspect in a murder spree.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Brent Hinkley, Michele Goodger
Votes: 5,940
6.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Lazarus
(1994)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The consciousness of a dangerous criminal possesses an FBI agent who is also Scully's ex-boyfriend.
Director: David Nutter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Christopher Allport, Cec Verrell
Votes: 5,393
7.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Young at Heart
(1994)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A criminal believed to have died in a prison years earlier wages a vendetta against Mulder.
Director: Michael Lange | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Dick Anthony Williams, Alan Boyce
Votes: 5,311
8.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Darkness Falls
(1994)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A group of loggers working in a remote forest unearths thousands of deadly insectlike creatures that paralyze and cocoon their victims. Scully, Mulder and a few others end up trapped there.
Director: Joe Napolitano | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Jason Beghe, Tom O'Rourke
Votes: 6,340
9.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Tooms
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Eugene Tooms, a supernatural killer whom Mulder helped incarcerate, is released on parole.
Director: David Nutter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Doug Hutchison, Paul Ben-Victor
Votes: 5,991
Additional Comment: The best continuation of the episode - Squeeze (1993) (Even better than the original).
10.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
The Host
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mulder pursues a humanoid, parasitic organism that uses sewage systems as its home.
Director: Daniel Sackheim | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Darin Morgan
Votes: 5,882
Additional Comment: The best monster!
11.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Blood
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mulder and Scully investigate a series of violent killings committed by seemingly normal residents of a small town.
Director: David Nutter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, William Sanderson, John Cygan
Votes: 5,189
12.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Sleepless
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mulder is on the manhunt for a Vietnam veteran who can project his consciousness into other people's minds to kill them. Mulder and Agent Krycek try to uncover the conspiracy behind the killer's powers.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Nicholas Lea
Votes: 5,102
13.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Excelsis Dei
(1994)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mulder links a series of violent attacks at a convalescent home, including the brutal rape of a nurse, to angry spirits beyond the grave.
Director: Stephen Surjik | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Teryl Rothery, Sab Shimono
Votes: 4,720
14.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Irresistible
(1995)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Scully and Mulder hunt down a fetishist who collects pieces of the dead.
Director: David Nutter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Bruce Weitz, Nick Chinlund
Votes: 5,217
15.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Død Kalm
(1995)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The crew of a U.S. military ship that disappeared in the Norwegian Sea is found dead from what seems to be rapid aging. Thinking it's another Philadelphia Experiment, Mulder boards the ghost ship along with Scully and a local skipper.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, John Savage, David Cubitt
Votes: 4,659
Additional Comment: Favorite episode from my childhood.
16.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Humbug
(1995)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The agents search for a killer in a Florida town inhabited by sideshow performers.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Jim Rose, Wayne Grace
Votes: 5,922
17.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose
(1995)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A grumpy old man with psychic powers that show him how someone will die assists the agents with the hunt for a crazed killer who targets psychics. He also cryptically reveals to Mulder and Scully their own ultimate fates.
Director: David Nutter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Peter Boyle, Stuart Charno
Votes: 7,425
18.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
War of the Coprophages
(1996)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While looking for signs of alien ships in the sky above a small town, Mulder learns of a series of deaths supposedly caused by metallic cockroaches. He turns to sexy entomologist Bambi for help, which makes Scully angrily rush to his aid.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Bobbie Phillips, Raye Birk
Votes: 5,734
19.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Pusher
(1996)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A seemingly unmotivated murderer, who can apparently talk his victims into killing themselves is on the loose and it is up to Mulder and Scully to study the clues left to them by the person and capture him.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Robert Wisden
Votes: 4,934
20.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Hell Money
(1996)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mulder, Scully and a local Chinese American cop investigate a deadly secret lottery run by the Triads in San Francisco's Chinatown district. The game is free to play but losing will cost you more than an arm and a leg.
Director: Tucker Gates | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, BD Wong, Lucy Liu
Votes: 4,008
21.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'
(1996)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Scully recounts the investigation of an alleged UFO encounter for the famous quirky author Jose Chung's latest novel. The case gives a whole new meaning to the term Rashomon effect. Chung later returns in Millennium: Jose Chung's 'Doomsday Defense' (1997).
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Charles Nelson Reilly, William Lucking
Votes: 6,560
22.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Avatar
(1996)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Skinner, depressed over the fact that his wife is divorcing him, has a one night stand with a stranger who's found murdered in the morning. Mulder tries to prove Skinner's innocence but Skinner refuses to cooperate for some reason.
Director: Jim Charleston | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Tom Mason
Votes: 4,098
23.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Home
(1996)
TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The remains of a murdered deformed infant lead the agents to a family of murderous, inbred, animal-like brothers living on a secluded farm in a remote section of Pennsylvania.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Tucker Smallwood, Chris Nelson Norris
Votes: 6,625
24.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Paper Hearts
(1996)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An incarcerated serial killer claims Mulder's sister was one of his many victims.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Tom Noonan
Votes: 4,727
25.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Small Potatoes
(1997)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Five unrelated women in a small town give birth to babies with small tails. The prime suspect is a man who can shape shift into whomever he wants.
Director: Cliff Bole | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Darin Morgan
Votes: 5,211
26.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Unusual Suspects
(1997)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In May 1989, the Lone Gunmen meet for the first time when they assist a woman who claims the government plans to use civilians in a secret experiment.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Richard Belzer, Signy Coleman
Votes: 4,177
27.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Detour
(1997)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the unexplored woods of Florida's Apalachicola National Forest, Mulder and Scully investigate the disappearances of two land surveyors and a boy's claims that he and his father were attacked by an invisible creature.
Director: Brett Dowler | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Colleen Flynn, J.C. Wendel
Votes: 4,402
Additional Comment: The most scariest episode from my childhood.
28.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Bad Blood
(1998)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Scully and Mulder each recount their version of events that led Mulder to drive a stake through the heart of a Texas teenager he claims was a vampire.
Director: Cliff Bole | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Luke Wilson
Votes: 6,732
29.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Drive
(1998)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man tormented by a piercing sound that could make his head explode unless he heads west as fast as possible takes Mulder hostage to drive for him, while Scully rushes to find the cause of this affliction that also killed the man's wife.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Bryan Cranston, Michael O'Neill
Votes: 4,328
Additional Comment: The most intense episode and the most interesting fresh idea.
30.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Dreamland
(1998)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An anonymous tip finally brings Mulder and Scully to the mecca of all UFO lore, Area 51. But when the agents witness the flight of a mysterious craft there, Mulder and one of the Men in Black, Fletcher, somehow switch bodies - and lives.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Michael McKean, John Mahon
Votes: 4,593
Additional Comment: Favorite story about this paranormal - Body Switch.
31.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Dreamland II
(1998)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Scully begins to suspect that her partner's strange behavior is more than it appears to be, while Mulder fights to return his life to normal before it's too late.
Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Michael McKean, John Mahon
Votes: 4,319
Additional Comment: Favorite story about this paranormal - Body Switch.
32.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
How the Ghosts Stole Christmas
(1998)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
On Christmas Eve, Mulder and Scully find themselves trapped in a haunted house with two ghosts who are determined to prove just how lonely the holiday can be.
Director: Chris Carter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Lily Tomlin, Edward Asner
Votes: 4,473
Additional Comment: The best episode for Christmas.
33.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Tithonus
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A rookie agent asks for Scully's help in proving that a quaint crime scene photographer is a serial killer. With some help from a bored Mulder, Scully discovers the man's actual dark secret. And an old prophecy regarding Scully comes true.
Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Geoffrey Lewis, Richard Ruccolo
Votes: 3,732
34.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Agua Mala
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As a hurricane bears down on the Florida coast, the agents search for a sea monster that Arthur Dales believes is responsible for the disappearance of a couple and their son.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Jeremy Roberts, Joel McKinnon Miller
Votes: 3,490
35.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Monday
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman desperately attempts to change the outcome of the events of a day she is forced to relive again and again in which her boyfriend explodes a bomb during a failed bank robbery killing everyone inside, including Mulder and Scully.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Carrie Hamilton
Votes: 4,556
Additional Comment: Favorite story about this paranormal - Time Loop.
36.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Arcadia
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
On their first assignment after being reinstated to the X-Files, Scully and Mulder go undercover as husband and wife in a high-class planned community where several couples have gone missing.
Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Peter White, Abraham Benrubi
Votes: 4,270
Additional Comment: Discovery of not popular concepts: "Tulpa", "Arcadia" and "The Übermensch".
37.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Trevor
(1999)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An escaped convict seems to have gained the ability to pass through solid objects as well as people. Mulder and Scully must find the deadly convict before he can get to his ex-girlfriend.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, John Diehl, Tuesday Knight
Votes: 3,245
38.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Milagro
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A strange writer infatuated with Scully moves in next door to Mulder and proceeds to slowly bewitch her through his writing. Mulder investigates the man and realizes that he may be behind a series of killings involving psychic surgery.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, John Hawkes, Nestor Serrano
Votes: 4,065
39.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
The Unnatural
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Searching through an FBI reference book, Mulder finds a photograph of Arthur Dales with a baseball team and the alien bounty hunter. Mulder goes to Arthur Dales' house to ask him about the ... See full summary »
Director: David Duchovny | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Jesse L. Martin, Fredric Lehne
Votes: 4,379
Additional Comment: The best episode about aliens.
40.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Three of a Kind
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While infiltrating a defense contractor conference in Las Vegas, The Lone Gunmen are reunited with Susanne Modeski, the mysterious woman who disappeared 10 years earlier after the trio first came together to help her.
Director: Bryan Spicer | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Signy Coleman, Charles Rocket
Votes: 3,399
41.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Field Trip
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The skeletal remains of a young couple are found after they have been missing for only three days in an area known for UFO activity. Mulder and Scully have different experiences in the investigation but nothing is quite as it seems.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Robyn Lively
Votes: 3,958
42.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Hungry
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rob Roberts has an addiction to human brains. As he tries to control this overpowering hunger and turn his life around, Mulder and Scully try to find out who the brain-eating monster is.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Chad Donella, Mark Pellegrino
Votes: 3,646
43.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Rush
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A high school boy is accused of the violent murder of a sheriff's deputy. Mulder believes he is innocent. The agents find that someone with super-human speed may be the culprit.
Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Rodney Scott, Scott Cooper
Votes: 3,150
44.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
The Goldberg Variation
(1999)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man is tossed off the top of a 29 story building by gangsters. Amazingly, he gets up and walks away unscathed. Mulder and Scully investigate when Mulder suspects this man may have ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Willie Garson, Alyson Reed
Votes: 3,652
Additional Comment: Interesting character - Henry Weems
45.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
The Amazing Maleeni
(2000)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mulder and Scully investigate the apparent murder of a magician who was decapitated just minutes after he was able to perform the trick of turning his head around 360 degrees. The agents ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Ricky Jay, Jonathan Levit
Votes: 3,553
46.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
X-Cops
(2000)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The investigation of a neighborhood monster isn't too weird for the crew of Cops (1989) to follow around Mulder and Scully.
Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Judson Mills, Dee Freeman
Votes: 4,342
Additional Comment: An interesting experiment with the format of the series.
47.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Je Souhaite
(2000)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two brothers have a less than helpful genie who grants their wishes with disastrous consequences. Mulder comes into possession of the same genie, and his wishes garner similar results.
Director: Vince Gilligan | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Paula Sorge
Votes: 3,680
Additional Comment: The best philosophical episode and the fantastic idea of the series.
48.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Roadrunners
(2000)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Doggett is a little dismayed when Scully investigates a murder in a barely inhabited town in Utah without him. When Scully's car breaks down and she finds the town people aren't as sweet as they seem she struggles to find a way out of the demented town.
Director: Rod Hardy | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, David Barry Gray, Lawrence Pressman
Votes: 3,139
49.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Invocation
(2000)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Doggett and Scully once again butt heads on their latest X-File which involves a boy who has returned after being missing for ten years but still appears to be seven years old, the age he was the day he was abducted.
Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Kim Greist, Jim Cody Williams
Votes: 2,888
50.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Redrum
(2000)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man lives the most recent 5 days of his life backwards and finds out that he is the main suspect in the murder of his wife.
Director: Peter Markle | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Joe Morton, Bellamy Young
Votes: 3,276
Additional Comment: Favorite story about this paranormal - Time Loop. Great idea on this topic!
51.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Via Negativa
(2000)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Scully tends to her secret, Doggett and Skinner team up to find and somehow stop a cult leader who can kill people in their dreams.
Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Mitch Pileggi, Keith Szarabajka
Votes: 2,888
52.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Badlaa
(2001)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A small Indian man on a creaky cart with powers of illusion is believed to have the ability to take over people's bodies and kill them by leaping into their anal cavity. Doggett and Scully try to stop his gruesome killing spree.
Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Michael Welch, Jordan Warkol
Votes: 2,880
53.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
The Gift
(2001)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Skinner and Doggett investigate a case Mulder was working on before he disappeared involving a family and a monster straight from Native American lore.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Mitch Pileggi
Votes: 2,860
54.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
4-D
(2001)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Agent Dogget has been shot and hospitalized. The only suspect is his partner. However, she was 14 miles away when the shooting occurred. The team sticks together to solve the case of being in two places at one time.
Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Annabeth Gish, Mitch Pileggi
Votes: 2,741
55.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Lord of the Flies
(2001)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Doggett and Reyes investigate a teenage boy who may have the ability to control insects and uses it to kill. Scully and a pushy, pompous, flirtatious entomologist assist them.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Annabeth Gish, Hank Harris
Votes: 2,596
Additional Comment: Best New TV-Star - Aaron Paul.
56.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
John Doe
(2002)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Doggett wakes up in Mexico and can't remember his name or what he is doing there. His only clues are small flashbacks of a child (his son) and two mysterious marks on his head.
Director: Michelle MacLaren | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Annabeth Gish, Mitch Pileggi
Votes: 2,595
57.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Audrey Pauley
(2002)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Reyes is seriously injured in a car accident and finds herself in a hospital similar to purgatory with other hospital patients suffering from serious traumas. Slowly they all begin to disappear. Meanwhile, in the real world, Doggett refuses to accept his friend's 'mortal' wounds and uses a bizarre hospital employee to both connect with Reyes in the other-world and capture a 'Dr. Death.'
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Annabeth Gish, Stan Shaw
Votes: 2,596
58.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Underneath
(2002)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After thirteen years in prison, a man named Fassl is released and cleared of murder charges when DNA evidence proves he had nothing to do with the murder of an entire family though he was present on the scene. Doggett, who made the arrest, refuses to accept Fassl's innocence and pursues the case again.
Director: John Shiban | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Annabeth Gish, W. Earl Brown
Votes: 2,353
59.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Improbable
(2002)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Reyes, Doggett, and Scully are pulled into a bizarre serial murder case involving the number '3', numerology on a whole, and an eccentric man who likes to play checkers.
Director: Chris Carter | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Annabeth Gish, Burt Reynolds
Votes: 3,034
60.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Release
(2002)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An eerily brilliant cadet from Scully's class directs Doggett to a current murder case that may have something to do with a case that went unsolved 9 years prior - the murder of Doggett's young son.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Annabeth Gish, Cary Elwes
Votes: 2,643
61.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Sunshine Days
(2002)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Reyes and Doggett investigate two murders revolving around a house that is, at some points in time, identical to the Brady Bunch house.
Director: Vince Gilligan | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Annabeth Gish, Mitch Pileggi
Votes: 2,566
62.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster
(2016)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mulder questions his faith in the unexplained. He attempts to gather proof of the existence of the new creature he and Scully investigate before jumping to conclusions.
Director: Darin Morgan | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Rhys Darby, Kumail Nanjiani
Votes: 9,174
63.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
This
(2018)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A chilling secret is revealed when an old friend reaches out to Mulder and Scully in a seemingly impossible way.
Director: Glen Morgan | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Barbara Hershey
Votes: 3,516
64.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Plus One
(2018)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mulder and Scully investigate a case involving several deaths where the victims previously reported encountering their own doppelgangers. The clues lead to a pair of fraternal twins playing a dangerous game telepathically.
Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Karin Konoval, Benjamin Wilkinson
Votes: 3,460
65.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat
(2018)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Exploring the idea of The Mandela Effect, in which large groups of people remember an alternate history, Mulder and Scully find out how the X-Files themselves may really have originated.
Director: Darin Morgan | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Brian Huskey
Votes: 4,512
Additional Comment: This is the funniest episode!
66.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Rm9sbG93ZXJz
(2018)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a world of ever-increasing automation and artificial intelligence, Mulder and Scully find themselves targets in a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Director: Glen Morgan | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Candus Churchill, Ashley Lambert
Votes: 3,990
Additional Comment: The best antagonist of our time.
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