The X-Files

The X-Files

Fight the future.

PG-13 1998 · 121 min · ★ 6.9 (2K) · Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

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.

Directed by Rob Bowman · Written by Chris Carter

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