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The X-Files

Original title: The X Files
  • TV Series
  • 1993–2018
  • TV-14
  • 45m
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Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in The X-Files (1993)
The secret lies in the X-FILES folder. Find out the truth when "The X-Files" returns all-new in 2018 on FOX.
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Two F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.Two F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.Two F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.

  • Creator
    • Chris Carter
  • Stars
    • David Duchovny
    • Gillian Anderson
    • Mitch Pileggi
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.6/10
    262K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    123
    12
    • Creator
      • Chris Carter
    • Stars
      • David Duchovny
      • Gillian Anderson
      • Mitch Pileggi
    • 504User reviews
    • 193Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Top rated TV #136
    • Won 16 Primetime Emmys
      • 105 wins & 217 nominations total

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    David Duchovny
    David Duchovny
    • Fox Mulder
    Gillian Anderson
    Gillian Anderson
    • Dana Scully…
    Mitch Pileggi
    Mitch Pileggi
    • Walter Skinner…
    William B. Davis
    William B. Davis
    • Smoking Man…
    Robert Patrick
    Robert Patrick
    • John Doggett
    Tom Braidwood
    Tom Braidwood
    • Melvin Frohike
    Bruce Harwood
    Bruce Harwood
    • John Fitzgerald Byers
    Dean Haglund
    Dean Haglund
    • Richard 'Ringo' Langly
    Annabeth Gish
    Annabeth Gish
    • Monica Reyes
    Nicholas Lea
    Nicholas Lea
    • Alex Krycek…
    James Pickens Jr.
    James Pickens Jr.
    • Alvin Kersh…
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    Sheila Larken
    • Margaret Scully
    Chris Owens
    Chris Owens
    • Jeffrey Spender…
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    Don S. Williams
    • Elder #1…
    Steven Williams
    Steven Williams
    • Mr. X
    Jerry Hardin
    Jerry Hardin
    • Deep Throat…
    Laurie Holden
    Laurie Holden
    • Marita Covarrubias
    Rebecca Toolan
    Rebecca Toolan
    • Teena Mulder
    • Creator
      • Chris Carter
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    From a simple wind-up monkey to the high-tech terrors of M3GAN, these disturbing playthings left us with nightmares.
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    • Trivia
      The famous echoing chord from the theme music was a fluke. Composer Mark Snow accidentally rested his elbow on his keyboard with the echo function on and he liked the resulting sound so much, he wrote the theme around it.
    • Goofs
      In numerous episodes in the earlier seasons, characters are seen driving cars with British Columbia License plates.
    • Quotes

      Scully: You have seen this before, I can tell. You lied to them.

      Mulder: I would never lie. I willfully participated in a campaign of misinformation.

    • Crazy credits
      This production has not been approved, endorsed or authorized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (appears in the end credits)
    • Alternate versions
      The 'previously on The X Files' segments are missing from the DVD Season boxset releases.
    • Connections
      Edited into The X-Files: Re-Opened (2015)

    User reviews504

    Featured review
    10/10

    The most intricately perfect work of art.

    I find it hard to comment on The X- Files because it simply transcends words. It's an intelligent masterpiece, an epos of beautifully complicated scenarios, plots and characters. Eruditely taking on the grayest of areas, confronting those things under your bed and inside your closet thus bringing new meaning to the fears brought on by conventions and the imprudent obstinacy of social norms. The script, the actors and the direction make the most unbelievable seem believable and the unfathomable- unfathomably real. So thought provoking that if you really let yourself dwell in its essence, it can change the way you see the world, if only just by believing in the conviction that The Truth Is Out There.
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    • Oct 19, 2002
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    • Release date
      • September 10, 1993 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The X Files
    • Filming locations
      • Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Ten Thirteen Productions
      • 20th Century Fox Television
      • X-F Productions
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    • Runtime
      45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby

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