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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 (275,505 votes)
Seasons
11
Streaming (US)
Hulu · Pluto TV
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 11 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1993)

7.62 avg 24 episodes 8.2 → 8.9 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 14,670 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 9,625 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 10,199 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 8,368 votesEp 5: 6.9 · 8,369 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 7,820 votesEp 7: 6.7 · 7,770 votesEp 8: 8.7 · 9,875 votesEp 9: 6.2 · 7,626 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 7,508 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 7,931 votesEp 12: 7.2 · 7,353 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 8,658 votesEp 14: 7.3 · 7,106 votesEp 15: 7.0 · 6,485 votesEp 16: 7.2 · 6,379 votesEp 17: 8.3 · 7,065 votesEp 18: 7.1 · 6,329 votesEp 19: 7.0 · 6,453 votesEp 20: 8.3 · 7,562 votesEp 21: 8.2 · 7,129 votesEp 22: 7.0 · 6,069 votesEp 23: 7.2 · 6,081 votesEp 24: 8.9 · 7,241 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Pilot8.214,670
2Deep Throat8.09,625
3Squeeze8.510,199
4Conduit7.58,368
5The Jersey Devil6.98,369
6Shadows7.17,820
7Ghost in the Machine6.77,770
8Ice8.79,875
9Space6.27,626
10Fallen Angel7.77,508
11Eve8.07,931
12Fire7.27,353
13Beyond the Sea8.68,658
14Gender Bender7.37,106
15Lazarus7.06,485
16Young at Heart7.26,379
17E.B.E.8.37,065
18Miracle Man7.16,329
19Shapes7.06,453
20Darkness Falls8.37,562
21Tooms8.27,129
22Born Again7.06,069
23Roland7.26,081
24The Erlenmeyer Flask8.97,241

Season 2 (1994)

7.79 avg 25 episodes 8.0 → 9.1 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 6,489 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 6,992 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 6,168 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 6,081 votesEp 5: 8.6 · 6,692 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 6,383 votesEp 7: 6.3 · 6,106 votesEp 8: 8.3 · 6,201 votesEp 9: 7.1 · 5,732 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 5,833 votesEp 11: 6.9 · 5,591 votesEp 12: 7.3 · 5,520 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 6,185 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 6,353 votesEp 15: 7.1 · 5,268 votesEp 16: 8.7 · 6,054 votesEp 17: 8.7 · 5,914 votesEp 18: 6.4 · 5,290 votesEp 19: 7.4 · 5,521 votesEp 20: 8.5 · 6,958 votesEp 21: 7.4 · 5,434 votesEp 22: 8.0 · 5,401 votesEp 23: 7.8 · 5,443 votesEp 24: 7.7 · 5,352 votesEp 25: 9.1 · 6,421 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Little Green Men8.06,489
2The Host8.26,992
3Blood7.46,168
4Sleepless7.66,081
5Duane Barry8.66,692
6Ascension8.66,383
736.36,106
8One Breath8.36,201
9Firewalker7.15,732
10Red Museum7.55,833
11Excelsis Dei6.95,591
12Aubrey7.35,520
13Irresistible8.06,185
14Die Hand Die Verletzt8.16,353
15Fresh Bones7.15,268
16Colony8.76,054
17End Game8.75,914
18Fearful Symmetry6.45,290
19Død Kalm7.45,521
20Humbug8.56,958
21The Calusari7.45,434
22F. Emasculata8.05,401
23Soft Light7.85,443
24Our Town7.75,352
25Anasazi9.16,421

Season 3 (1995)

7.95 avg 24 episodes 8.6 → 8.5 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.6 · 5,810 votesEp 2: 9.0 · 6,184 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 6,019 votesEp 4: 9.2 · 8,745 votesEp 5: 7.1 · 5,114 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 5,268 votesEp 7: 7.1 · 4,975 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 5,358 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 5,345 votesEp 10: 8.7 · 5,445 votesEp 11: 7.1 · 4,913 votesEp 12: 8.6 · 6,720 votesEp 13: 7.5 · 5,816 votesEp 14: 7.3 · 5,005 votesEp 15: 8.4 · 5,158 votesEp 16: 8.5 · 5,123 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 5,778 votesEp 18: 5.9 · 4,730 votesEp 19: 7.0 · 4,727 votesEp 20: 8.8 · 7,672 votesEp 21: 7.6 · 4,843 votesEp 22: 8.0 · 5,329 votesEp 23: 8.3 · 5,047 votesEp 24: 8.5 · 4,866 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Blessing Way8.65,810
2Paper Clip9.06,184
3D.P.O.7.76,019
4Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose9.28,745
5The List7.15,114
62Shy7.45,268
7The Walk7.14,975
8Oubliette7.65,358
9Nisei8.55,345
107318.75,445
11Revelations7.14,913
12War of the Coprophages8.66,720
13Syzygy7.55,816
14Grotesque7.35,005
15Piper Maru8.45,158
16Apocrypha8.55,123
17Pusher8.45,778
18Teso dos Bichos5.94,730
19Hell Money7.04,727
20Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'8.87,672
21Avatar7.64,843
22Quagmire8.05,329
23Wetwired8.35,047
24Talitha Cumi8.54,866

Season 4 (1996)

7.93 avg 24 episodes 8.4 → 8.6 44 min avg

Ep 1: 8.4 · 4,990 votesEp 2: 8.8 · 7,713 votesEp 3: 6.6 · 4,566 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 5,199 votesEp 5: 6.6 · 5,316 votesEp 6: 7.2 · 4,651 votesEp 7: 9.0 · 6,596 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 4,925 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 4,717 votesEp 10: 8.7 · 5,503 votesEp 11: 6.6 · 4,488 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 5,032 votesEp 13: 7.4 · 4,949 votesEp 14: 8.4 · 4,864 votesEp 15: 6.9 · 4,494 votesEp 16: 7.2 · 4,301 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 4,625 votesEp 18: 8.4 · 4,552 votesEp 19: 7.7 · 4,363 votesEp 20: 8.9 · 6,076 votesEp 21: 8.1 · 4,391 votesEp 22: 7.7 · 4,370 votesEp 23: 7.7 · 4,286 votesEp 24: 8.6 · 4,420 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Herrenvolk8.44,990
2Home8.87,713
3Teliko6.64,566
4Unruhe8.05,199
5The Field Where I Died6.65,316
6Sanguinarium7.24,651
7Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man9.06,596
8Tunguska8.54,925
9Terma8.14,717
10Paper Hearts8.75,503
11El Mundo Gira6.64,488
12Leonard Betts8.35,032
13Never Again7.44,949
14Memento Mori8.44,864
15Kaddish6.94,494
16Unrequited7.24,301
17Tempus Fugit8.44,625
18Max8.44,552
19Synchrony7.74,363
20Small Potatoes8.96,076
21Zero Sum8.14,391
22Elegy7.74,370
23Demons7.74,286
24Gethsemane8.64,420

Season 5 (1997)

8.04 avg 20 episodes 8.6 → 8.8 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.6 · 4,725 votesEp 2: 8.9 · 5,034 votesEp 3: 8.4 · 4,897 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 5,153 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 6,672 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 4,296 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 4,190 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 4,286 votesEp 9: 6.9 · 4,110 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 4,822 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 4,711 votesEp 12: 9.2 · 7,768 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 4,157 votesEp 14: 8.3 · 4,159 votesEp 15: 7.4 · 3,939 votesEp 16: 7.6 · 4,223 votesEp 17: 7.2 · 4,149 votesEp 18: 8.0 · 4,115 votesEp 19: 8.5 · 4,794 votesEp 20: 8.8 · 4,430 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Redux8.64,725
2Redux II8.95,034
3Unusual Suspects8.44,897
4Detour8.15,153
5The Post-Modern Prometheus8.56,672
6Christmas Carol7.74,296
7Emily7.64,190
8Kitsunegari7.64,286
9Schizogeny6.94,110
10Chinga7.54,822
11Kill Switch7.84,711
12Bad Blood9.27,768
13Patient X8.24,157
14The Red and the Black8.34,159
15Travelers7.43,939
16Mind's Eye7.64,223
17All Souls7.24,149
18The Pine Bluff Variant8.04,115
19Folie a Deux8.54,794
20The End8.84,430

Season 6 (1998)

8.07 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 8.1 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 4,233 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 5,084 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 5,766 votesEp 4: 8.9 · 5,300 votesEp 5: 8.8 · 4,984 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 5,245 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 4,301 votesEp 8: 7.3 · 4,411 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 3,952 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 4,337 votesEp 11: 8.5 · 4,172 votesEp 12: 8.8 · 4,272 votesEp 13: 7.3 · 4,072 votesEp 14: 8.7 · 5,248 votesEp 15: 8.4 · 4,936 votesEp 16: 6.4 · 3,740 votesEp 17: 7.1 · 3,764 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 4,418 votesEp 19: 8.4 · 5,064 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 3,948 votesEp 21: 8.5 · 4,547 votesEp 22: 8.1 · 3,763 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Beginning8.14,233
2Drive8.55,084
3Triangle8.55,766
4Dreamland8.95,300
5Dreamland II8.84,984
6How the Ghosts Stole Christmas8.25,245
7Terms of Endearment7.74,301
8The Rain King7.34,411
9S.R. 8197.83,952
10Tithonus8.34,337
11Two Fathers8.54,172
12One Son8.84,272
13Agua Mala7.34,072
14Monday8.75,248
15Arcadia8.44,936
16Alpha6.43,740
17Trevor7.13,764
18Milagro7.54,418
19The Unnatural8.45,064
20Three of a Kind7.83,948
21Field Trip8.54,547
22Biogenesis8.13,763

Season 7 (1999)

7.53 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 8.5 45 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 3,769 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 3,835 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 4,186 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 3,966 votesEp 5: 7.3 · 3,616 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 4,207 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 3,769 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 4,095 votesEp 9: 6.5 · 3,477 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 3,755 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 4,270 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 5,014 votesEp 13: 6.0 · 4,325 votesEp 14: 7.3 · 3,600 votesEp 15: 7.9 · 3,724 votesEp 16: 7.3 · 3,565 votesEp 17: 7.0 · 4,276 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 3,411 votesEp 19: 7.2 · 4,173 votesEp 20: 5.9 · 3,745 votesEp 21: 8.3 · 4,225 votesEp 22: 8.5 · 3,742 votes
Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Sixth Extinction7.73,769
2The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati7.73,835
3Hungry7.84,186
4Millennium7.73,966
5Rush7.33,616
6The Goldberg Variation8.24,207
7Orison7.53,769
8The Amazing Maleeni8.14,095
9Signs & Wonders6.53,477
10Sein und Zeit7.93,755
11Closure8.04,270
12X-Cops8.45,014
13First Person Shooter6.04,325
14Theef7.33,600
15En Ami7.93,724
16Chimera7.33,565
17All Things7.04,276
18Brand X7.53,411
19Hollywood A.D.7.24,173
20Fight Club5.93,745
21Je Souhaite8.34,225
22Requiem8.53,742

Season 8 (2000)

7.70 avg 21 episodes 8.1 → 8.7 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 3,563 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 3,488 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 3,372 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 3,629 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 3,348 votesEp 6: 8.3 · 3,805 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 3,349 votesEp 8: 6.7 · 3,035 votesEp 9: 6.7 · 3,050 votesEp 10: 6.7 · 3,329 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 3,317 votesEp 12: 7.3 · 3,122 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 3,276 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 3,334 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 3,323 votesEp 16: 8.0 · 3,179 votesEp 17: 7.0 · 2,987 votesEp 18: 7.8 · 3,166 votesEp 19: 7.7 · 3,167 votesEp 20: 8.3 · 3,181 votesEp 21: 8.7 · 3,585 votes
Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Within8.13,563
2Without8.23,488
3Patience7.43,372
4Roadrunners8.03,629
5Invocation7.53,348
6Redrum8.33,805
7Via Negativa7.43,349
8Surekill6.73,035
9Salvage6.73,050
10Badlaa6.73,329
11The Gift7.73,317
12Medusa7.33,122
13Per Manum7.83,276
14This Is Not Happening8.23,334
15Deadalive8.23,323
16Three Words8.03,179
17Empedocles7.02,987
18Vienen7.83,166
19Alone7.73,167
20Essence8.33,181
21Existence8.73,585

Season 9 (2001)

7.37 avg 20 episodes 7.2 → 7.8 44 min avg

Ep 1: 7.2 · 3,009 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 2,931 votesEp 3: 7.1 · 2,936 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 3,161 votesEp 5: 6.8 · 2,989 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 2,965 votesEp 7: 7.3 · 2,959 votesEp 8: 7.0 · 2,802 votesEp 9: 7.4 · 2,797 votesEp 10: 7.2 · 2,796 votesEp 11: 7.4 · 2,981 votesEp 12: 6.9 · 2,699 votesEp 13: 7.2 · 3,494 votesEp 14: 7.2 · 2,807 votesEp 15: 7.2 · 2,997 votesEp 16: 7.5 · 2,972 votesEp 17: 8.1 · 3,027 votesEp 18: 7.6 · 2,977 votesEp 19: 8.2 · 4,253 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 145 votes
Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Nothing Important Happened Today7.23,009
2Nothing Important Happened Today II7.32,931
3Dæmonicus7.12,936
44-D7.73,161
5Lord of the Flies6.82,989
6Trust No 17.32,965
7John Doe7.32,959
8Hellbound7.02,802
9Provenance7.42,797
10Providence7.22,796
11Audrey Pauley7.42,981
12Underneath6.92,699
13Improbable7.23,494
14Scary Monsters7.22,807
15Jump the Shark7.22,997
16William7.52,972
17Release8.13,027
18Sunshine Days7.62,977
19The Truth8.24,253
20The Truth: Part 27.8145

Season 10 (2015)

7.37 avg 6 episodes 7.8 → 7.0 44 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 8,498 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 7,056 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 9,770 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 5,502 votesEp 5: 6.4 · 6,006 votesEp 6: 7.0 · 5,025 votes
Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1My Struggle7.88,498
2Founder's Mutation7.87,056
3Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster8.09,770
4Home Again7.25,502
5Babylon6.46,006
6My Struggle II7.05,025

Season 11 (2018)

7.42 avg 10 episodes 6.4 → 7.1 44 min avg

Ep 1: 6.4 · 4,536 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 3,923 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 3,884 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 5,013 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 3,415 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 3,114 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 4,502 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 3,380 votesEp 9: 6.6 · 2,913 votesEp 10: 7.1 · 3,083 votes
Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1My Struggle III6.44,536
2This7.23,923
3Plus One7.73,884
4The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat8.15,013
5Ghouli7.83,415
6Kitten7.33,114
7Rm9sbG93ZXJz8.04,502
8Familiar8.03,380
9Nothing Lasts Forever6.62,913
10My Struggle IV7.13,083

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