The X-Files

Where to Watch The X-Files (1998) (Legally)

Fight the future.
Jun 19, 1998 US 121 min M
6.9 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
1 801 votes
Where can I watch “The X-Files” legally?
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What to expect (spoiler-free)

Here’s what to expect from “ (1998), without spoilers.

Expect a Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller blend, with a runtime close to 121 minutes.

Audience signals on TMDB currently show an average rating of 6.9/10 from about 1,801 votes.

The listed certification for some regions is “ (ratings vary by country).

Topics & keywords

helicopter, space marine, government, bomb, mutation, extraterrestrial technology, obsession, fbi, secret society, secret organization, secret lab, x-files

Official trailer

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Plot

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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Main cast

David Duchovny
as Agent Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson
as Agent Dana Scully
Mitch Pileggi
as Assistant Director Walter Skinner
William B. Davis
as The Cigarette-Smoking Man
John Neville
as The Well-Manicured Man
Martin Landau
as Kurtzweil
Jeffrey DeMunn
as Bronschweig
Tom Braidwood
as Frohike
Blythe Danner
as Cassidy
Terry O'Quinn
as Michaud