The X-Files (1998)

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Fight the future.

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.

Released: 1998-06-19
Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Runtime: 2h 1m
Status: Released
TMDB rating: 6.9/10 from 1,902 votes

Directed by Rob Bowman.

Top cast

David Duchovny as Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully
Mitch Pileggi as Walter Skinner
William B. Davis as Carl Busch
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

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Where to watch The X-Files

United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
United Kingdom: stream on Disney Plus; rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store
Canada: stream on Disney Plus; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
Australia: stream on Disney Plus; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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