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The X-Files
1993 · TV Series · TV-14 · 45 min
★ 8.4(3,654)unSUB Rating
MysteryCrimeDramaScience Fiction
Two FBI agents take on the bureau’s most overlooked cases—reports of UFOs, strange creatures, and other unexplained events. One pushes for extraordinary answers, while the other insists on evidence and scientific explanations, creating a tense partnership as they chase leads that hint at something bigger.
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Details
- Years
- 1993–2018
- Release date
- 1993-09-10
- Network
- FOX
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 45 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating (input)
- 8.4/10 (3,654 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a mix of eerie case-of-the-week mysteries and a longer conspiracy thread, similar to Fringe; Not for you if you need fast pacing or clear, tidy answers every time.
Pros: iconic investigative duo; creepy standalone mysteries; strong atmosphere | Cons: conspiracy arc gets convoluted; pacing can feel slow; repetition over many seasons
Themes
- fbi
- investigation
- supernatural
- ufo
- alien
- conspiracy
- paranormal phenomena
- paranormal investigation
- government cover-up
- phenomenon
- american folklore
- supernatural power
- +1 more
Awards & recognition
- Golden Globe Award — Best Television Series – Drama · 1998
- Golden Globe Award — Best Television Series – Drama · 1997
- Saturn Award — Best Actress on Television · 1997
- Golden Globe Award — Best Television Series – Drama · 1995
- Golden Globe Award — Best Television Series – Drama · 1999 · nominated
Cast & crew
David Duchovny
as Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson
as Dana Scully
Robert Patrick
as John Doggett
Annabeth Gish
as Monica Reyes
Mitch Pileggi
as Walter Skinner
Bradley Whitford
as Daniel Trepkos
Doug Hutchison
as Eugene Victor Tooms
Dan Butler
as Jim Ausbury
Jayne Atkinson
as Willa Ambrose
Steve Railsback
as Duane Barry
Directed by David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Carol Banker
Episodes11 seasons · 340 episodes
Specials122 episodes
- S0E1Introduction to the series by Frank Spotnitz1m
- S0E2Secrets of the X-Files42m
- S0E3More Secrets of the X-Files44m
- S0E4Inside the X-Files45m
- S0E7The Truth About Season 111m
- S0E8The Truth About Season 215m
- S0E9The Truth About Season 321m
- S0E10The Truth About Season 424m
- S0E11The Truth About Season 519m
- S0E12The Truth About Season 621m
- S0E13The Truth About Season 720m
- S0E14The Truth About Season 823m
- S0E15The Truth About Season 921m
- S0E16Fox Behind The Scenes: The X-Files Season 545m
- S0E17Fox Behind The Scenes: The X-Files Season 645m
- S0E18The X-Files: Re-Opened22m
- S0E19Behind the truth - Fox Mulder1m
- S0E20Behind the truth - Deep Throat1m
- S0E21Behind the truth - Squeeze and Tooms1m
- S0E22Behind the truth - Theme1m
- S0E23Behind the truth - Toby Lindala1m
- S0E24Behind the truth - Lone Gunmen1m
- S0E25Behind the truth - Ice1m
- S0E26Behind the truth - Beyond the sea1m
- S0E27Behind the truth - Prop Truck1m
- S0E28Behind the truth - Dana Scully1m
- S0E29Behind the truth - Mulder's office1m
- S0E30Behind the truth - The Erlenmeyer flask1m
- S0E31Behind the truth - Bounty Hunter1m
- S0E32Behind the truth - Tom Braidwood1m
- S0E33Behind the truth - Duane Barry1m
- S0E34Behind the truth - Flukeman1m
- S0E35Behind the truth - Cigarette-Smoking man1m
- S0E36Behind the truth - Die Hand die verletzt1m
- S0E37Behind the truth - Mr. X1m
- S0E38Behind the truth - Hair1m
- S0E39Behind the truth - Our town1m
- S0E40Behind the truth - Teso Dos Bichos1m
- S0E41Behind the truth - Maggots1m
- S0E42Behind the truth - Jose Chung1m
- S0E43Behind the truth - War Of The Coprophages1m
- S0E44Behind the truth - Scully's apartment1m
- S0E45Behind the truth - The walk1m
- S0E46Behind the truth - Piper maru1m
- S0E47Behind the truth - Clyde Bruckman1m
- S0E48Behind the truth - Episode names1m
- S0E49Behind the truth - Prince of Darkness1m
- S0E50Behind the truth - Stupendous Yappi1m
- S0E51Behind the truth - Lord Kinbote1m
- S0E52Behind the truth - Ideas1m
- S0E53Behind the truth - Pusher1m
- S0E54Behind the truth - X-food1m
- S0E55Behind the truth - Script supervisor1m
- S0E56Behind the truth - Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man1m
- S0E57Behind the truth - Ideas (part 2)1m
- S0E58Behind the truth - Home1m
- S0E59Behind the truth - Leonard Betts1m
- S0E60Behind the truth - Demons1m
- S0E61Behind the truth - Tempus fugit1m
- S0E62Behind the truth - Wardrobe1m
- S0E63Behind the truth - Tags - Rob Bowman1m
- S0E64Behind the truth - Alex Krycek - Rat boy1m
- S0E65Behind the truth - X-family - Fun1m
- S0E66Behind the truth - XXX Mulder1m
- S0E67Behind the truth - The X-files game1m
- S0E68Behind the truth - Eddie van Blundht1m
- S0E69Behind the truth - Ice cave45m
- S0E70Behind the truth - Bad blood1m
- S0E71Behind the truth - Elder1m
- S0E72Behind the truth - Mutato1m
- S0E73Behind the truth - Lee Smith1m
- S0E74Behind the truth - Kill switch1m
- S0E75Behind the truth - Laurie Holden1m
- S0E76Behind the truth - Unusual suspects1m
- S0E77Behind the truth - Alien FX1m
- S0E78Behind the truth - Casting Tidbits1m
- S0E79Behind the truth - Michael Kritschgau1m
- S0E80Behind the truth - Hair stylist1m
- S0E81Behind The Truth - Humbug45m
- S0E82Reflections on the X-Files18m
- S0E85X-Files Profiles - A.D. Skinner6m
- S0E86X-Files Profiles - Samantha Mulder5m
- S0E87X-Files Profiles - Gibson Praise6m
- S0E88X-Files Profiles - John Doggett6m
- S0E89X-Files Profiles - Alex Krycek6m
- S0E90X-Files Profiles - Monica Reyes7m
- S0E91X-Files Profiles - Brad Follmer8m
- S0E101Chris Carter Talks About Season 1 - Pilot5m
- S0E102Chris Carter Talks About Season 1 - Deep Throat2m
- S0E103Chris Carter Talks About Season 1 - Squeeze3m
- S0E104Chris Carter Talks About Season 1 - Conduit4m
- S0E105Chris Carter Talks About Season 1 - Ice2m
- S0E106Chris Carter Talks About Season 1 - Fallen Angel4m
- S0E107Chris Carter Talks About Season 1 - Eve2m
- S0E108Chris Carter Talks About Season 1 - Beyond the Sea3m
- S0E109Chris Carter Talks About Season 1 - E.B.E2m
- S0E110Chris Carter Talks About Season 1 - Darkness Falls3m
- S0E111Chris Carter Talks About Season 1 - Tooms2m
- S0E112Chris Carter Talks About Season 1 - The Erlenmeyer Flask3m
- S0E113Chris Carter Talks About Season 2 - Little Green Men2m
- S0E114Chris Carter Talks About Season 2 - The Host3m
- S0E115Chris Carter Talks About Season 2 - Sleepless3m
- S0E116Chris Carter Talks About Season 2 - Duane Barry3m
- S0E117Chris Carter Talks About Season 2 - Ascension2m
- S0E118Chris Carter Talks About Season 2 - One Breath3m
- S0E119Chris Carter Talks About Season 2 - Irresistable2m
- S0E120Chris Carter Talks About Season 2 - Die Hand die Verletzt2m
- S0E121Chris Carter Talks About Season 2 - Colony2m
- S0E122Chris Carter Talks About Season 2 - End Game3m
- S0E123Chris Carter Talks About Season 2 - Humbug2m
- S0E124Chris Carter Talks About Season 2 - Anasazi2m
- S0E125Conversation on the Fox Lot14m
- S0E126The Scully Effect17m
- S0E127Solve for X: Constructing Season 1150m
- S0E128Implanted Memories: 25 Years of The X-Files45m
- S0E129Season 11 Gag Reel6m
- S0E130Chris Carter Talks About Season 3 - The Blessing Way2m
- S0E131Chris Carter Talks About Season 3 - Paper Clip2m
- S0E132Chris Carter Talks About Season 3 - Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose2m
- S0E133Chris Carter Talks About Season 3 - Nisei2m
- S0E134Chris Carter Talks About Season 3 - 7312m
- S0E135Chris Carter Talks About Season 3 - War of the Coprophages2m
Season 124 episodes
- S1E1Pilot49mDisney+Hulu
- S1E2Deep Throat46mDisney+Hulu
- S1E3Squeeze43mDisney+Hulu
- S1E4Conduit45mDisney+Hulu
- S1E5The Jersey Devil45mDisney+Hulu
- S1E6Shadows46mDisney+Hulu
- S1E7Ghost in the Machine46mDisney+Hulu
- S1E8Ice46mDisney+Hulu
- S1E9Space47mDisney+Hulu
- S1E10Fallen Angel46mDisney+Hulu
- S1E11Eve46mDisney+Hulu
- S1E12Fire46mDisney+Hulu
- S1E13Beyond the Sea46mDisney+Hulu
- S1E14Gender Bender45mDisney+Hulu
- S1E15Lazarus46mDisney+Hulu
- S1E16Young at Heart46mDisney+Hulu
- S1E17E.B.E.45mDisney+Hulu
- S1E18Miracle Man46mDisney+Hulu
- S1E19Shapes46mDisney+Hulu
- S1E20Darkness Falls44mDisney+Hulu
- S1E21Tooms46mDisney+Hulu
- S1E22Born Again45mDisney+Hulu
- S1E23Roland46mDisney+Hulu
- S1E24The Erlenmeyer Flask46mDisney+Hulu
Season 225 episodes
- S2E1Little Green Men46mDisney+Hulu
- S2E2The Host46mDisney+Hulu
- S2E3Blood46mDisney+Hulu
- S2E4Sleepless45mDisney+Hulu
- S2E5Duane Barry (1)46mDisney+Hulu
- S2E6Ascension (2)46mDisney+Hulu
- S2E7346mDisney+Hulu
- S2E8One Breath46mDisney+Hulu
- S2E9Firewalker46mDisney+Hulu
- S2E10Red Museum46mDisney+Hulu
- S2E11Excelsis Dei45mDisney+Hulu
- S2E12Aubrey46mDisney+Hulu
- S2E13Irresistible46mDisney+Hulu
- S2E14Die Hand Die Verletzt46mDisney+Hulu
- S2E15Fresh Bones46mDisney+Hulu
- S2E16Colony (1)45mDisney+Hulu
- S2E17End Game (2)46mDisney+Hulu
- S2E18Fearful Symmetry45mDisney+Hulu
- S2E19Død Kalm46mDisney+Hulu
- S2E20Humbug46mDisney+Hulu
- S2E21The Calusari45mDisney+Hulu
- S2E22F. Emasculata46mDisney+Hulu
- S2E23Soft Light45mDisney+Hulu
- S2E24Our Town45mDisney+Hulu
- S2E25Anasazi (1)46mDisney+Hulu
Season 324 episodes
- S3E1The Blessing Way (2)46mDisney+Hulu
- S3E2Paper Clip (3)46mDisney+Hulu
- S3E3D.P.O.45mDisney+Hulu
- S3E4Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose46mDisney+Hulu
- S3E5The List46mDisney+Hulu
- S3E62Shy46mDisney+Hulu
- S3E7The Walk46mDisney+Hulu
- S3E8Oubliette46mDisney+Hulu
- S3E9Nisei (1)45mDisney+Hulu
- S3E10731 (2)46mDisney+Hulu
- S3E11Revelations45mDisney+Hulu
- S3E12War of the Coprophages45mDisney+Hulu
- S3E13Syzygy45mDisney+Hulu
- S3E14Grotesque45mDisney+Hulu
- S3E15Piper Maru (1)45mDisney+Hulu
- S3E16Apocrypha (2)45mDisney+Hulu
- S3E17Pusher45mDisney+Hulu
- S3E18Teso Dos Bichos44mDisney+Hulu
- S3E19Hell Money45mDisney+Hulu
- S3E20Jose Chung's "From Outer Space"45mDisney+Hulu
- S3E21Avatar45mDisney+Hulu
- S3E22Quagmire43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E23Wetwired45mDisney+Hulu
- S3E24Talitha Cumi (1)45mDisney+Hulu
Season 424 episodes
- S4E1Herrenvolk (2)45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E2Home45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E3Teliko44mDisney+Hulu
- S4E4Unruhe45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E5The Field Where I Died45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E6Sanguinarium45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E7Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E8Tunguska (1)45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E9Terma (2)45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E10Paper Hearts45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E11El Mundo Gira45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E12Leonard Betts45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E13Never Again45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E14Memento Mori45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E15Kaddish45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E16Unrequited43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E17Tempus Fugit (1)45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E18Max (2)45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E19Synchrony44mDisney+Hulu
- S4E20Small Potatoes45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E21Zero Sum45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E22Elegy45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E23Demons45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E24Gethsemane (1)45mDisney+Hulu
Season 520 episodes
- S5E1Redux (2)45mDisney+Hulu
- S5E2Redux II (3)47mDisney+Hulu
- S5E3Unusual Suspects45mDisney+Hulu
- S5E4Detour45mDisney+Hulu
- S5E5The Post-Modern Prometheus47mDisney+Hulu
- S5E6Christmas Carol (1)46mDisney+Hulu
- S5E7Emily (2)46mDisney+Hulu
- S5E8Kitsunegari46mDisney+Hulu
- S5E9Schizogeny46mDisney+Hulu
- S5E10Chinga45mDisney+Hulu
- S5E11Kill Switch46mDisney+Hulu
- S5E12Bad Blood46mDisney+Hulu
- S5E13Patient X (1)46mDisney+Hulu
- S5E14The Red and the Black (2)46mDisney+Hulu
- S5E15Travelers46mDisney+Hulu
- S5E16Mind’s Eye46mDisney+Hulu
- S5E17All Souls46mDisney+Hulu
- S5E18The Pine Bluff Variant46mDisney+Hulu
- S5E19Folie à Deux46mDisney+Hulu
- S5E20The End47mDisney+Hulu
Season 622 episodes
- S6E1The Beginning46mDisney+Hulu
- S6E2Drive46mDisney+Hulu
- S6E3Triangle46mDisney+Hulu
- S6E4Dreamland (1)46mDisney+Hulu
- S6E5Dreamland II (2)46mDisney+Hulu
- S6E6How the Ghosts Stole Christmas45mDisney+Hulu
- S6E7Terms of Endearment46mDisney+Hulu
- S6E8The Rain King46mDisney+Hulu
- S6E9S.R. 81946mDisney+Hulu
- S6E10Tithonus46mDisney+Hulu
- S6E11Two Fathers (1)44mDisney+Hulu
- S6E12One Son (2)45mDisney+Hulu
- S6E13Agua Mala45mDisney+Hulu
- S6E14Monday46mDisney+Hulu
- S6E15Arcadia46mDisney+Hulu
- S6E16Alpha46mDisney+Hulu
- S6E17Trevor46mDisney+Hulu
- S6E18Milagro46mDisney+Hulu
- S6E19The Unnatural46mDisney+Hulu
- S6E20Three of a Kind46mDisney+Hulu
- S6E21Field Trip46mDisney+Hulu
- S6E22Biogenesis (1)46mDisney+Hulu
Season 722 episodes
- S7E1The Sixth Extinction (2)45mDisney+Hulu
- S7E2The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati (3)45mDisney+Hulu
- S7E3Hungry45mDisney+Hulu
- S7E4Millennium45mDisney+Hulu
- S7E5Rush45mDisney+Hulu
- S7E6The Goldberg Variation45mDisney+Hulu
- S7E7Orison45mDisney+Hulu
- S7E8The Amazing Maleeni45mDisney+Hulu
- S7E9Signs and Wonders45mDisney+Hulu
- S7E10Sein Und Zeit (1)45mDisney+Hulu
- S7E11Closure (2)45mDisney+Hulu
- S7E12X-Cops45mDisney+Hulu
- S7E13First Person Shooter45mDisney+Hulu
- S7E14Theef45mDisney+Hulu
- S7E15En Ami45mDisney+Hulu
- S7E16Chimera45mDisney+Hulu
- S7E17all things45mDisney+Hulu
- S7E18Brand X45mDisney+Hulu
- S7E19Hollywood A.D.45mDisney+Hulu
- S7E20Fight Club45mDisney+Hulu
- S7E21Je Souhaite45mDisney+Hulu
- S7E22Requiem45mDisney+Hulu
Season 821 episodes
- S8E1Within (1)45mDisney+Hulu
- S8E2Without (2)45mDisney+Hulu
- S8E3Patience45mDisney+Hulu
- S8E4Roadrunners45mDisney+Hulu
- S8E5Invocation45mDisney+Hulu
- S8E6Redrum45mDisney+Hulu
- S8E7Via Negativa45mDisney+Hulu
- S8E8Surekill45mDisney+Hulu
- S8E9Salvage45mDisney+Hulu
- S8E10Badlaa45mDisney+Hulu
- S8E11The Gift45mDisney+Hulu
- S8E12Medusa45mDisney+Hulu
- S8E13Per Manum45mDisney+Hulu
- S8E14This Is Not Happening (1)45mDisney+Hulu
- S8E15Deadalive (2)45mDisney+Hulu
- S8E16Three Words45mDisney+Hulu
- S8E17Empedocles45mDisney+Hulu
- S8E18Vienen45mDisney+Hulu
- S8E19Alone45mDisney+Hulu
- S8E20Essence (1)45mDisney+Hulu
- S8E21Existence (2)45mDisney+Hulu
Season 920 episodes
- S9E1Nothing Important Happened Today (1)45mDisney+Hulu
- S9E2Nothing Important Happened Today II (2)45mDisney+Hulu
- S9E3Dæmonicus45mDisney+Hulu
- S9E44-D45mDisney+Hulu
- S9E5Lord of the Flies45mDisney+Hulu
- S9E6Trust No 145mDisney+Hulu
- S9E7John Doe45mDisney+Hulu
- S9E8Hellbound45mDisney+Hulu
- S9E9Provenance (1)45mDisney+Hulu
- S9E10Providence (2)44mDisney+Hulu
- S9E11Audrey Pauley45mDisney+Hulu
- S9E12Underneath45mDisney+Hulu
- S9E13Improbable45mDisney+Hulu
- S9E14Scary Monsters43mDisney+Hulu
- S9E15Jump the Shark45mDisney+Hulu
- S9E16William45mDisney+Hulu
- S9E17Release45mDisney+Hulu
- S9E18Sunshine Days45mDisney+Hulu
- S9E19The Truth (1)45mDisney+Hulu
- S9E20The Truth (2)45mDisney+Hulu
Season 106 episodes
- S10E1My Struggle44mDisney+Hulu
- S10E2Founder's Mutation44mDisney+Hulu
- S10E3Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster44mDisney+Hulu
- S10E4Home Again44mDisney+Hulu
- S10E5Babylon44mDisney+Hulu
- S10E6My Struggle II44mDisney+Hulu
Season 1110 episodes
- S11E1My Struggle III42mDisney+Hulu
- S11E2This44mDisney+Hulu
- S11E3Plus One44mDisney+Hulu
- S11E4The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat44mDisney+Hulu
- S11E5Ghouli45mDisney+Hulu
- S11E6Kitten44mDisney+Hulu
- S11E7Rm9sbG93ZXJz44mDisney+Hulu
- S11E8Familiar44mDisney+Hulu
- S11E9Nothing Lasts Forever44mDisney+Hulu
- S11E10My Struggle IV44mDisney+Hulu