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The X-Files

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The X-Files

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The X-Files

Series Details & Credits

FOX | Release Date: September 10, 1993

Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi

Summary: The X-Files is a Peabody, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning American science fiction television series created by Chris Carter, which first aired on September 10, 1993, and ended on May 19, 2002. The show was a hit for the Fox Broadcasting Company network, and its main characters and slogans (e.g., "The Truth Is Out There", "Trust NoThe X-Files is a Peabody, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning American science fiction television series created by Chris Carter, which first aired on September 10, 1993, and ended on May 19, 2002. The show was a hit for the Fox Broadcasting Company network, and its main characters and slogans (e.g., "The Truth Is Out There", "Trust No One", "I Want to Believe") became pop culture touchstones. The X-Files is seen as a defining series of the 1990s, coinciding with the era's widespread mistrust of governments, interest in conspiracy theories and spirituality, and the belief in the existence of extraterrestrial life.

TV Guide called The X-Files the Second greatest cult television show and the 37th best television show of all time. In 2007, Time magazine included it on a list of the "100 Best TV Shows of All Time." In 2008, Entertainment Weekly named it Classic Sci-fi and the fourth best TV show in the last 25 years.

This long running FOX drama lasted nine seasons and focused on the exploits of FBI Agents Fox Mulder, Dana Scully, John Doggett and Monica Reyes and their investigations into the paranormal. From genetic mutants and killer insects to a global conspiracy concerning the colonisation of Earth by an alien species, this mind-boggling, humourous and occasionally frightening series created by Chris Carter has been one of the world's most popular sci-fi/drama shows since its humble beginnings in 1993.

So sit back and enjoy the fascinating world of The X-Files.

The entire nine seasons of The X-Files are now available on DVD!

Emmy Awards
2001 - Outstanding Makeup for a Series for episode DeadAlive
2000 - Outstanding Makeup for a Series for episode Theef - Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series for episode First Person Shooter - Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series for episode First Person Shooter
1999 - Outstanding Makeup for a series for episodes Two Fathers/One Son
1998 - Outstanding Art Direction for a Series for episode The Post-Modern Prometheus - Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Series for episode Kill Switch
1997 - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Gillian Anderson - Outstanding Art Direction for a Series for episode Memento Mori - Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series for episode Tempus Fugit
1996 - Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series to Peter Boyle for episode Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing for a Drama Series to Darin Morgan for episode Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography for a series for episode Grotesque - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Editing for a Series for episode Nisei - Outstanding individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Drama Series for episode Nisei
1994 - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Graphic Design and Title Sequences for The X-Files

Golden Globe Awards

1998 - Best TV Series (Drama)
1997 - Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series (Drama) to David Duchovny
- Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series (Drama) to Gillian Anderson - Best TV Series (Drama)
1995 - Best TV Series (Drama)… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Suspense, Science Fiction

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Metascore

65

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Critic Reviews

100

Entertainment Weekly

Ken Tucker

Jun 13, 2013

Season 7 Review: The X-Files is hitting the ground running—albeit knee-deep in murk and murder, conspiracy and cosmic confluences. Read full review

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New York Magazine (Vulture)

Matt Zoller Seitz

Jan 4, 2018

Season 11 Review: This new batch of episodes is considerably stronger. Even the ones that don’t really do much but spin their wheels do so with feeling, and when the show is great--as it is, yet again, in Darin Morgan’s episode--it’s downright sublime. Read full review

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Newsday

Verne Gay

Jan 3, 2018

Season 11 Review: The mythology arc is absolute rubbish. Fortunately, this new season appears to suspect that and, after that rocky opener, gets down to business. Soon enough, Scully and Mulder are puzzling over a simulated world where great brains like Steve Jobs “live” for eternity. A strange doppelgänger is stalking people. That sounds like a job for the X-Files team. The best of the five offered for review is very good indeed, and it too is a curtain call from an old friend: Darin Morgan. Read full review

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Washington Post

Hank Stuever

Jan 20, 2016

Season 10 Review: After a skittery and slightly tedious start, which is heavy on Carter’s need to keep infusing Mulder and Scully’s world with a convoluted master theory, The X-Files settles in and starts to relocate some of its creepy vibe and playfulness. Read full review

60

The New York Times

Mike Hale

Jan 2, 2018

Season 11 Review: What they’ve [Darin Morgan, Glen Morgan, James Wong and the creator, Chris Carter] produced is intelligent, stylish and always graced by the wonderful performances of Ms. Anderson and Mr. Duchovny. It also feels more formulaic than ever. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Molly Eichel

Jan 25, 2016

Season 10 Review: The [first] episode is stilted and odd, the plot not engaging, and no one looks particularly excited to be there. So much time is spent on exposition and reminders of the past that it's groan-worthy. The following two entries are episodic, monster-of-the-week affairs and they reminded me how good The X-Files could be. Read full review

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Washington Post

Tom Shales

Feb 17, 2013

Season 1 Review: It's not quite sci-fi, not quite fantasy, and yet not quite realistic either. It's not quite a show, is what it's not quite...You may get an urge to take a hike too, but pity the poor critic who has to sit there with a big grin on his face and watch the whole stupid thing. [10 Sept 1993, p.G7] Read full review

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User Reviews

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Willcore

Aug 18, 2020

I love it, now i re-watching this perfect series in amazon prime video, and i only said is "perfect" and "nostalgia".
Thi series have a goood characters, ambience, stories, cheapers specially the alien sect's cheaper is very creepy.
recomended 100%. I love it, now i re-watching this perfectI love it, now i re-watching this perfect series in amazon prime video, and i only said is "perfect" and "nostalgia".
Thi series have a goood characters, ambience, stories, cheapers specially the alien sect's cheaper is very creepy.
recomended 100%.
I love it, now i re-watching this perfect series in amazon prime video, and i only said is "perfect" and "nostalgia".
Thi series have a goood characters, ambience, stories, cheapers specially the alien sect's cheaper is very creepy.
recomended 100%.
I love it, now i re-watching this perfect series in amazon prime video, and i only said is "perfect" and "nostalgia".
Thi series have a goood characters, ambience, stories, cheapers specially the alien sect's cheaper is very creepy.
recomended 100%.
I love it, now i re-watching this perfect series in amazon prime video, and i only said is "perfect" and "nostalgia".
Thi series have a goood characters, ambience, stories, cheapers specially the alien sect's cheaper is very creepy.
recomended 100%.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

10

wmurphy011

Apr 2, 2023

This is one of the greatest shows ever made. The last two seasons took a bit of a dip, but everything up to then is absolutely brilliant. A remarkable series.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

10

GabySaurio

Dec 9, 2021

C obra maestra de la televisión.......................wksksks ........,......

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

10

NereusLazaward

Feb 23, 2022

No entiendo cómo puede una serie tan reconocida y trascendental como Expediente X tener solamente un 65 de nota en esta página. Lo achaco a cómo está diseñado el sistema de puntaje y a las pocas valoraciones de prensa especializada que tiene, la mayoría centradas en el revival que tuvo lugarNo entiendo cómo puede una serie tan reconocida y trascendental como Expediente X tener solamente un 65 de nota en esta página. Lo achaco a cómo está diseñado el sistema de puntaje y a las pocas valoraciones de prensa especializada que tiene, la mayoría centradas en el revival que tuvo lugar entre los años 2016 a 2018, las cuales coincido, fueron un insulto al material original. Dicho esto, me parece una falta de respeto hacia una serie, que supuso un antes y un después en la televisión de los años 90 y que, hoy en día, todavía se erige como un bastión del buen hacer del equipo creativo que la concibió. La verdad sigue estando ahí fuera.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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Wickedjr89

Nov 26, 2022

Love the storylines and Mulder and Scully! Aliens, creepiness, romance, what more could I want? The truth is out there.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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The_D4RknesS

Apr 23, 2023

ahhh i love this series from season 1 to 5 after that for me THE x filets died.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 11

67
- Season 11 Overview
  Air Date: January 3, 2018
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  S11:E16. D.P.O.
  Air Date: April 7, 2018
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  S11:E12. S.R. 819
  Air Date: May 14, 2018
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  S11:E10. My Struggle IV
  Air Date: March 21, 2018
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  S11:E9. Nothing Lasts Forever
  Air Date: March 14, 2018
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  S11:E8. Familiar
  Air Date: March 7, 2018
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  S11:E7. Rm9sbG93ZXJz
  Air Date: February 28, 2018
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  S11:E6. Kitten
  Air Date: February 7, 2018
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  S11:E5. Ghouli
  Air Date: January 31, 2018
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  S11:E4. The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat
  Air Date: January 24, 2018
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  S11:E3. Plus One
  Air Date: January 17, 2018
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  S11:E2. This
  Air Date: January 10, 2018
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  S11:E1. My Struggle III
  Air Date: January 3, 2018
Season 10

60
- Season 10 Overview
  Air Date: January 24, 2016
Season 9

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- Season 9 Overview
  Air Date: November 11, 2001
Season 8

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- Season 8 Overview
  Air Date: November 5, 2000
Season 7

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- Season 7 Overview
  Air Date: November 7, 1999
Season 6

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- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: November 8, 1998
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: November 2, 1997
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: October 4, 1996
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 22, 1995
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 16, 1994
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 10, 1993