Looking to watch 'The X-Files' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Rob Bowman-directed movie via subscription can be a challenge, so we here at Moviefone want to do the work for you.
We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'The X-Files' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of how you can watch 'The X-Files' right now, here are some particulars about the Ten Thirteen Productions, 20th Century Fox thriller flick.
Released June 19th, 1998, 'The X-Files' stars David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis The PG-13 movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 1 min, and received a user score of 69 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 1,614 respected users.
What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the 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."
'The X-Files' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Spectrum On Demand, Amazon Video, Apple TV, and YouTube .
'The X-Files' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on June 19th, 1998
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May 4th, 1999
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The X Files Collection
The X-Files (also known as The X-Files: Fight the Future) is a 1998 American science fiction thriller film directed by Rob Bowman. Chris Carter wrote the screenplay. The story is by Carter and Frank Spotnitz. It is the first feature film based on Carter's television series The X-Files that revolves around fictional unsolved cases called the X-Files and the characters solving them. The X-Files has spawned one sequel, a 2008 film entitled The X-Files: I Want to Believe released six years after the series ended.
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