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The X-Files (1993)

Adventure · Crime · Drama

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.

IMDb rating
8.6 (274,029 votes)
Seasons
11
Streaming (US)
Hulu · Pluto TV
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 11 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1993)

7.63 avg 24 episodes 8.2 → 8.9 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 14,504 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 9,485 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 10,055 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 8,237 votesEp 5: 6.9 · 8,247 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 7,713 votesEp 7: 6.7 · 7,656 votesEp 8: 8.7 · 9,737 votesEp 9: 6.2 · 7,517 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 7,396 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 7,819 votesEp 12: 7.2 · 7,250 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 8,525 votesEp 14: 7.3 · 7,009 votesEp 15: 7.0 · 6,390 votesEp 16: 7.2 · 6,290 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 6,959 votesEp 18: 7.1 · 6,239 votesEp 19: 7.0 · 6,356 votesEp 20: 8.4 · 7,457 votesEp 21: 8.2 · 7,032 votesEp 22: 7.0 · 5,990 votesEp 23: 7.2 · 6,003 votesEp 24: 8.9 · 7,145 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Pilot8.214,504
2Deep Throat8.09,485
3Squeeze8.510,055
4Conduit7.58,237
5The Jersey Devil6.98,247
6Shadows7.17,713
7Ghost in the Machine6.77,656
8Ice8.79,737
9Space6.27,517
10Fallen Angel7.77,396
11Eve8.07,819
12Fire7.27,250
13Beyond the Sea8.68,525
14Gender Bender7.37,009
15Lazarus7.06,390
16Young at Heart7.26,290
17E.B.E.8.46,959
18Miracle Man7.16,239
19Shapes7.06,356
20Darkness Falls8.47,457
21Tooms8.27,032
22Born Again7.05,990
23Roland7.26,003
24The Erlenmeyer Flask8.97,145

Season 2 (1994)

7.79 avg 25 episodes 8.0 → 9.1 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 6,398 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 6,902 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 6,089 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 6,000 votesEp 5: 8.6 · 6,597 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 6,295 votesEp 7: 6.3 · 6,021 votesEp 8: 8.3 · 6,112 votesEp 9: 7.1 · 5,657 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 5,757 votesEp 11: 6.9 · 5,520 votesEp 12: 7.3 · 5,443 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 6,101 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 6,264 votesEp 15: 7.1 · 5,194 votesEp 16: 8.7 · 5,971 votesEp 17: 8.7 · 5,832 votesEp 18: 6.4 · 5,217 votesEp 19: 7.4 · 5,448 votesEp 20: 8.5 · 6,876 votesEp 21: 7.4 · 5,368 votesEp 22: 8.0 · 5,342 votesEp 23: 7.8 · 5,379 votesEp 24: 7.7 · 5,293 votesEp 25: 9.1 · 6,356 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Little Green Men8.06,398
2The Host8.26,902
3Blood7.46,089
4Sleepless7.66,000
5Duane Barry8.66,597
6Ascension8.66,295
736.36,021
8One Breath8.36,112
9Firewalker7.15,657
10Red Museum7.55,757
11Excelsis Dei6.95,520
12Aubrey7.35,443
13Irresistible8.06,101
14Die Hand Die Verletzt8.16,264
15Fresh Bones7.15,194
16Colony8.75,971
17End Game8.75,832
18Fearful Symmetry6.45,217
19Død Kalm7.45,448
20Humbug8.56,876
21The Calusari7.45,368
22F. Emasculata8.05,342
23Soft Light7.85,379
24Our Town7.75,293
25Anasazi9.16,356

Season 3 (1995)

7.95 avg 24 episodes 8.6 → 8.5 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.6 · 5,747 votesEp 2: 9.0 · 6,122 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 5,951 votesEp 4: 9.2 · 8,654 votesEp 5: 7.1 · 5,055 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 5,213 votesEp 7: 7.1 · 4,919 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 5,297 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 5,282 votesEp 10: 8.7 · 5,384 votesEp 11: 7.1 · 4,853 votesEp 12: 8.6 · 6,654 votesEp 13: 7.5 · 5,760 votesEp 14: 7.3 · 4,945 votesEp 15: 8.4 · 5,102 votesEp 16: 8.5 · 5,069 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 5,721 votesEp 18: 5.9 · 4,678 votesEp 19: 7.0 · 4,675 votesEp 20: 8.8 · 7,584 votesEp 21: 7.6 · 4,784 votesEp 22: 8.0 · 5,271 votesEp 23: 8.3 · 4,987 votesEp 24: 8.5 · 4,813 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Blessing Way8.65,747
2Paper Clip9.06,122
3D.P.O.7.75,951
4Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose9.28,654
5The List7.15,055
62Shy7.45,213
7The Walk7.14,919
8Oubliette7.65,297
9Nisei8.55,282
107318.75,384
11Revelations7.14,853
12War of the Coprophages8.66,654
13Syzygy7.55,760
14Grotesque7.34,945
15Piper Maru8.45,102
16Apocrypha8.55,069
17Pusher8.45,721
18Teso dos Bichos5.94,678
19Hell Money7.04,675
20Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'8.87,584
21Avatar7.64,784
22Quagmire8.05,271
23Wetwired8.34,987
24Talitha Cumi8.54,813

Season 4 (1996)

7.93 avg 24 episodes 8.4 → 8.6 44 min avg

Ep 1: 8.4 · 4,938 votesEp 2: 8.8 · 7,634 votesEp 3: 6.6 · 4,515 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 5,146 votesEp 5: 6.6 · 5,260 votesEp 6: 7.2 · 4,600 votesEp 7: 9.0 · 6,531 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 4,874 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 4,663 votesEp 10: 8.7 · 5,443 votesEp 11: 6.6 · 4,429 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 4,974 votesEp 13: 7.4 · 4,887 votesEp 14: 8.4 · 4,804 votesEp 15: 6.9 · 4,436 votesEp 16: 7.2 · 4,250 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 4,569 votesEp 18: 8.4 · 4,491 votesEp 19: 7.7 · 4,306 votesEp 20: 8.9 · 6,009 votesEp 21: 8.1 · 4,334 votesEp 22: 7.7 · 4,316 votesEp 23: 7.7 · 4,235 votesEp 24: 8.6 · 4,364 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Herrenvolk8.44,938
2Home8.87,634
3Teliko6.64,515
4Unruhe8.05,146
5The Field Where I Died6.65,260
6Sanguinarium7.24,600
7Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man9.06,531
8Tunguska8.54,874
9Terma8.14,663
10Paper Hearts8.75,443
11El Mundo Gira6.64,429
12Leonard Betts8.34,974
13Never Again7.44,887
14Memento Mori8.44,804
15Kaddish6.94,436
16Unrequited7.24,250
17Tempus Fugit8.44,569
18Max8.44,491
19Synchrony7.74,306
20Small Potatoes8.96,009
21Zero Sum8.14,334
22Elegy7.74,316
23Demons7.74,235
24Gethsemane8.64,364

Season 5 (1997)

8.04 avg 20 episodes 8.6 → 8.8 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.6 · 4,670 votesEp 2: 8.9 · 4,974 votesEp 3: 8.4 · 4,841 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 5,103 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 6,606 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 4,257 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 4,146 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 4,242 votesEp 9: 6.9 · 4,068 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 4,775 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 4,668 votesEp 12: 9.2 · 7,699 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 4,119 votesEp 14: 8.3 · 4,115 votesEp 15: 7.4 · 3,897 votesEp 16: 7.6 · 4,173 votesEp 17: 7.2 · 4,096 votesEp 18: 8.0 · 4,068 votesEp 19: 8.5 · 4,746 votesEp 20: 8.8 · 4,386 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Redux8.64,670
2Redux II8.94,974
3Unusual Suspects8.44,841
4Detour8.15,103
5The Post-Modern Prometheus8.56,606
6Christmas Carol7.74,257
7Emily7.64,146
8Kitsunegari7.64,242
9Schizogeny6.94,068
10Chinga7.54,775
11Kill Switch7.84,668
12Bad Blood9.27,699
13Patient X8.24,119
14The Red and the Black8.34,115
15Travelers7.43,897
16Mind's Eye7.64,173
17All Souls7.24,096
18The Pine Bluff Variant8.04,068
19Folie a Deux8.54,746
20The End8.84,386

Season 6 (1998)

8.07 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 8.1 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 4,188 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 5,030 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 5,705 votesEp 4: 8.9 · 5,242 votesEp 5: 8.8 · 4,928 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 5,184 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 4,254 votesEp 8: 7.3 · 4,360 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 3,908 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 4,290 votesEp 11: 8.5 · 4,130 votesEp 12: 8.8 · 4,228 votesEp 13: 7.3 · 4,028 votesEp 14: 8.7 · 5,202 votesEp 15: 8.4 · 4,883 votesEp 16: 6.4 · 3,697 votesEp 17: 7.1 · 3,722 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 4,374 votesEp 19: 8.4 · 5,009 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 3,906 votesEp 21: 8.5 · 4,498 votesEp 22: 8.1 · 3,723 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Beginning8.14,188
2Drive8.55,030
3Triangle8.55,705
4Dreamland8.95,242
5Dreamland II8.84,928
6How the Ghosts Stole Christmas8.25,184
7Terms of Endearment7.74,254
8The Rain King7.34,360
9S.R. 8197.83,908
10Tithonus8.34,290
11Two Fathers8.54,130
12One Son8.84,228
13Agua Mala7.34,028
14Monday8.75,202
15Arcadia8.44,883
16Alpha6.43,697
17Trevor7.13,722
18Milagro7.54,374
19The Unnatural8.45,009
20Three of a Kind7.83,906
21Field Trip8.54,498
22Biogenesis8.13,723

Season 7 (1999)

7.54 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 8.5 45 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 3,731 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 3,796 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 4,146 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 3,922 votesEp 5: 7.3 · 3,580 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 4,166 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 3,735 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 4,061 votesEp 9: 6.5 · 3,445 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 3,719 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 4,229 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 4,961 votesEp 13: 6.0 · 4,279 votesEp 14: 7.3 · 3,565 votesEp 15: 8.0 · 3,684 votesEp 16: 7.3 · 3,531 votesEp 17: 7.0 · 4,226 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 3,383 votesEp 19: 7.2 · 4,133 votesEp 20: 5.9 · 3,702 votesEp 21: 8.3 · 4,188 votesEp 22: 8.5 · 3,706 votes
Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Sixth Extinction7.73,731
2The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati7.73,796
3Hungry7.84,146
4Millennium7.83,922
5Rush7.33,580
6The Goldberg Variation8.24,166
7Orison7.53,735
8The Amazing Maleeni8.14,061
9Signs & Wonders6.53,445
10Sein und Zeit7.93,719
11Closure8.04,229
12X-Cops8.44,961
13First Person Shooter6.04,279
14Theef7.33,565
15En Ami8.03,684
16Chimera7.33,531
17All Things7.04,226
18Brand X7.53,383
19Hollywood A.D.7.24,133
20Fight Club5.93,702
21Je Souhaite8.34,188
22Requiem8.53,706

Season 8 (2000)

7.70 avg 21 episodes 8.1 → 8.7 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 3,520 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 3,447 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 3,336 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 3,588 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 3,313 votesEp 6: 8.3 · 3,761 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 3,313 votesEp 8: 6.7 · 3,004 votesEp 9: 6.7 · 3,019 votesEp 10: 6.7 · 3,298 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 3,286 votesEp 12: 7.3 · 3,093 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 3,244 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 3,302 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 3,293 votesEp 16: 8.0 · 3,150 votesEp 17: 7.0 · 2,962 votesEp 18: 7.8 · 3,135 votesEp 19: 7.7 · 3,139 votesEp 20: 8.3 · 3,153 votesEp 21: 8.7 · 3,554 votes
Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Within8.13,520
2Without8.23,447
3Patience7.43,336
4Roadrunners8.03,588
5Invocation7.53,313
6Redrum8.33,761
7Via Negativa7.43,313
8Surekill6.73,004
9Salvage6.73,019
10Badlaa6.73,298
11The Gift7.73,286
12Medusa7.33,093
13Per Manum7.83,244
14This Is Not Happening8.23,302
15Deadalive8.23,293
16Three Words8.03,150
17Empedocles7.02,962
18Vienen7.83,135
19Alone7.73,139
20Essence8.33,153
21Existence8.73,554

Season 9 (2001)

7.37 avg 20 episodes 7.2 → 7.8 44 min avg

Ep 1: 7.2 · 2,980 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 2,907 votesEp 3: 7.1 · 2,912 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 3,134 votesEp 5: 6.8 · 2,963 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 2,938 votesEp 7: 7.3 · 2,934 votesEp 8: 7.0 · 2,776 votesEp 9: 7.4 · 2,767 votesEp 10: 7.2 · 2,769 votesEp 11: 7.4 · 2,955 votesEp 12: 6.9 · 2,673 votesEp 13: 7.2 · 3,466 votesEp 14: 7.2 · 2,781 votesEp 15: 7.2 · 2,973 votesEp 16: 7.5 · 2,943 votesEp 17: 8.1 · 2,997 votesEp 18: 7.6 · 2,951 votesEp 19: 8.2 · 4,226 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 113 votes
Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Nothing Important Happened Today7.22,980
2Nothing Important Happened Today II7.32,907
3Dæmonicus7.12,912
44-D7.73,134
5Lord of the Flies6.82,963
6Trust No 17.32,938
7John Doe7.32,934
8Hellbound7.02,776
9Provenance7.42,767
10Providence7.22,769
11Audrey Pauley7.42,955
12Underneath6.92,673
13Improbable7.23,466
14Scary Monsters7.22,781
15Jump the Shark7.22,973
16William7.52,943
17Release8.12,997
18Sunshine Days7.62,951
19The Truth8.24,226
20The Truth: Part 27.8113

Season 10 (2015)

7.37 avg 6 episodes 7.8 → 7.0 44 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 8,469 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 7,025 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 9,720 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 5,468 votesEp 5: 6.4 · 5,974 votesEp 6: 7.0 · 4,995 votes
Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1My Struggle7.88,469
2Founder's Mutation7.87,025
3Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster8.09,720
4Home Again7.25,468
5Babylon6.45,974
6My Struggle II7.04,995

Season 11 (2018)

7.42 avg 10 episodes 6.4 → 7.1 44 min avg

Ep 1: 6.4 · 4,503 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 3,891 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 3,851 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 4,973 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 3,384 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 3,083 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 4,467 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 3,349 votesEp 9: 6.6 · 2,887 votesEp 10: 7.1 · 3,055 votes
Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1My Struggle III6.44,503
2This7.23,891
3Plus One7.73,851
4The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat8.14,973
5Ghouli7.83,384
6Kitten7.33,083
7Rm9sbG93ZXJz8.04,467
8Familiar8.03,349
9Nothing Lasts Forever6.62,887
10My Struggle IV7.13,055
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