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The X-Files
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236 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 3, 2026 · How this works
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The X-Files: I Want to Believe is a 2008 mystery science fiction thriller film, directed by Chris Carter, starring David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson and Amanda Peet.
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- posts span Aug 3, 2023 to Nov 3, 2026
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60 of 236 · most liked firstThe three greatest movies based in the cities I've lived in the longest are The Big Lebowski (Los Angeles), Pig (Portland) and the X-Files movie (Dallas).
positive · AI labelView post →Happy 77th Birthday to the underrated Veronica Cartwright, unsung Emmy-nominated actress, famous for THE CHILDREN'S HOUR, THE BIRDS, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, ALIEN, THE RIGHT STUFF, THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK, SCARY MOVIE 2, KINSEY, THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN, THE X-FILES, and many more.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Night Stalker (1972) is a monumental made-for-television horror film. It didn't just break television ratings records when it premiered on ABC; it essentially birthed the modern urban-horror genre, directly inspiring iconic properties like The X-Files. #vampirehorror #horror #horrormobies
neutral · AI labelView post →Having now seen the X-Files movie, I can say…. Fuck that one bee in particular.
negative · AI labelView post →Director Jane Schoenbrun on working with Gillian Anderson in ‘TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA’. “I think she’s been very hesitant to return to genre after The X-Files, and I’m really happy that in this movie... she is bringing such deeply serious gravitas to the role.”
neutral · AI labelView post →The biggest story that's flying under the radar this week? Chris Carter's brand new Director's Cut of THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE, representing the scarier version of the 2008 movie he had originally wanted to make, is coming to Disney+: bloody-disgusting.com/movie/395244...
neutral · AI labelView post →After a slight delay, Chris Carter's brand new Director's Cut of THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE, representing the scarier version of the 2008 movie he had originally wanted to make, is releasing in August: bloody-disgusting.com/movie/395982...
neutral · AI labelView post →The X-Files started 33 years ago today. This series is back in the news, as The X-Files: I Want to Believe - Vrach Frankenshteyn, a new director's cut of the 2008 movie, arrived on Hulu/Disney+ last month, and Ryan Coogler (Sinners) wrote and directed the pilot for a reboot shortly before summer.
neutral · AI labelView post →The X-Files, the Movie. Our neighbours fence last night🫣 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilms
neutral · AI labelView post →Is right now *really* a good time to release a director's cut of the X-Files movie with the sympathetic pedophile?
negative · AI labelView post →The Truth is Out There in my #RandomGameSaturday pick: The X-Files for PS1. An FMV investigation game released in the wake of the movie and some pretty peak seasons.
neutral · AI labelView post →I love punching Bioware but that's because I always had some measure of fun with their games. Less directly shitting on them and more like "what the fuck are you doing lmao" when you get to shit like the part of DA2 where they rip off the X-Files movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Saddened by the news we lost another great film&tv composer, MARK SNOW. This one hits a little more as THE X-FILES is one - if not the one - of my favorite shows ever and his music was so instrumental to make that show what it was.
neutral · AI labelView post →Periodic reminder that the Chupacabra isn’t traditional folklore, that it’s younger than the X-Files, and that it comes from an old lady not quite understanding that the movie Species was a work of fiction.
neutral · AI labelView post →I hear an undulating high-pitched whistle that makes my nose bleed. _Stargate SG-1_ S10E8 "Memento Mori" This is a joke about how there are a lot of actors who portray characters in both _Stargate SG-1_ and _the X-Files_ (just like basically every other sci-fi show filmed in Canada). Carter, Hammond, Dr. Lee, etc. I found out recently that IMDb has a neat advanced search function that allows you to compare two shows to quickly see which actors appear in both:…
neutral · AI labelView post →When I was 4-5 my dad showed me the movie Terminator 2 and it absolutely terrified me. When Mulder left the X Files and was replaced by Agent Doggett, I was innately upset in the back if my mind, the part of me that was still that scared child, that the t1000 had replaced my favorite guy.
neutral · AI labelView post →Stephen King's The Stand / IT, Jaws (but really any great horror movie you can think of from the 70's or 80's). He didn't really introduce me to it, but we watched The X-Files every week as they premiered.
neutral · AI labelView post →Farewell to Mark Snow (1946-2025) — composer of memorable music for TV and film for 50 years. He literally leaned into THE X-FILES theme on his keyboard after creator Chris Carter rejected previous attempts. #MarkSnow #TheXFiles
neutral · AI labelView post →Chris Carter still wants to make a third THE X-FILES movie. He tells Bloody Disgusting, "I’ve got the perfect story for another movie. I don’t want to get in the way of Ryan Coogler and his vision." "But I do have another story that I’d like to tell with Mulder and Scully," Carter adds.
neutral · AI labelView post →The X-Files: I Want to Believe - Vrach Frankenshteyn reimagines creator and director Chris Carter's original vision in this all-new director's cut of the 2008 movie. Streaming on Disney+ and Hulu August 14.
neutral · AI labelView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Left to right: • Shoutiest film I've seen since Anora • *holds up sign* IT'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF SIGNS • I really should watch The X-Files again • Wait what happened bring back Mumford & Sons
neutral · AI labelView post →#letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky just one new film since last friday, I've been watching the X Files
neutral · AI labelView post →Okay so we're on season three now, and it's shifted from plots primarily about getting laid to movie and TV parodies. They did three episodes in a row parodying Baywatch, Quantum Leap, and The X-Files, this is very specifically catered to my interests.
neutral · AI labelView post →"Disclosure Day" is an odd movie, kinda "The X-Files" meets "The Rehearsal." It wasn't working for me, it wasn't working for me, it wasn't working for me and then it worked for me HARD.
neutral · AI labelView post →We just finished Season 5 of THE X-FILES, which means it's time to FIGHT THE FUTURE and watch the 1998 movie!
neutral · AI labelView post →The R-Rated Director’s Cut of ‘The X-Files’ Movie Has a Title and Release Date.
neutral · AI labelView post →Rest in peace Tom Noonan. Legitimately one of my favourite actors - I always smiled whenever he turned up randomly in stuff. Loved him in RoboCop 2, he made that film way more entertaining than it had any right to be. Also fantastic in Manhunter, Last Action Hero, The X-Files, The House of the Devil
neutral · AI labelView post →Rewatching the X-FILES and we're so lucky they shot the show on 35mm film. 30 years later and every episode still looks gorgeous.
neutral · AI labelView post →January 8, 1972. A few days after this countdown, ABC-TV would broadcast the horror movie "The Night Stalker" and introduce the legendary character Carl Kolchak. At the time, it was the highest rated made-for-TV movie ever, and would go on to inspire "The X-Files". Take it away, Jezz! #AT40
neutral · AI labelView post →There are several instances of this in the X-Files Blu-rays - not 4K, but reframed to 16:9 from the original film.
neutral · AI labelView post →Terry O’Quinn who portrays the Shadow Man in this episode previously appeared in “Aubrey” as Lt. Brian Tillman, “The X-Files” feature film (1998) as Agent Darius Michaud, and Peter Watts in the companion series “Millenium” (1996). #XFilesLive
neutral · AI labelView post →THE X-FILES debuted #OTD in 1993 To celebrate, director Chris Carter has re-cut I WANT TO BELIEVE, the show's 2008 feature film sequel. It's more graphic—and more watchable, w/ a refined narrative that leans into the horror plot. And it's fun to see Mulder + Scully in something "new" for the 33rd!
positive · AI labelView post →I love The X Files movies. I used to run home from school to watch reruns of the X Files rather than cartoons. This movie pushes at the boundries of what the X Files can be, and the production is phenomenal. Machetexs up for this one. 🔪
positive · AI labelView post →We finished THE X-FILES Season 9, so tonight it's the 2008 movie THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE before starting the revival series!
neutral · AI labelView post →But The X-Files is really like one long movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Decided to put on the X Files movie and HAHAHAHAHA Totes forgot the coverup for the thing that sets everything off is “hantavirus outbreak.”
positive · AI labelView post →watching the X-Files movie and wow "FEMA exists to give the US government pretense to suspend civil liberties" dawg they don't need a pretense they just do it
neutral · AI labelView post →THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE. DIRECTOR'S CUT. UNCENSORED. EVEN SCARIER.
neutral · AI labelView post →so, like, we all agree that "Fight The Future", the X-Files movie, is where the series peaked, right? the high water mark? it would never be that good again, IMO
positive · AI labelView post →This is the first time I've seen this film since its release in 1998. It's also the first time I've seen The X-Files, the series that accompanied my teen years, since at least 2000. It was great to see Mulder and Scully again, even if I couldn't remember much of the context 😅
positive · AI labelView post →Sapphic slasher Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma now streaming. Kicking off spooky season, streaming platform MUBI is streaming the blood-soaked, meta slasher with a distinctly queer edge. Led by Emmy-winning actress Hannah Einbinder (Hacks) and Gillian Anderson (The X-Files, Sex Education), *Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma* is the latest feature [from trans and non-binary filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun](https://qnews.com.au/buzzy-a24-trans-horror-flick-i-saw-the-tv-glow-in-cinemas/).
neutral · AI labelView post →When The X-Files movie was coming out, I worked for a TV website. They let me watch all nine seasons of the show in nine weeks and blog about it. My favorite part was noting actors Before They Got Big. In that spirit, big ups to this 🧵
neutral · AI labelView post →#SeptemberMovieChallenge #MovieSky #FilmSky 9/19: Time bomb in a movie "The X-Files: Fight The Future" (1998)
neutral · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself with One book: John Dies at the End by Jason Pargin/David Wong One movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark One album: After Laughter, Paramore One TV show: The X-Files
neutral · AI labelView post →The X-Files. Should've ended with season 5. The feature film should have been what wrapped up the loose ends.
negative · AI labelView post →#BreakingKindSongs [Please use the hashtag!⤴️] #MusicChallenge AUG 2️⃣0️⃣ - Song from a television series or movie that has a police or legal theme. Mark Snow - Materia Primoris: The X-Files Theme youtu.be/Qz2wnSVeITg?...
neutral · AI labelView post →No but the X-Files movie was the single most important thing to happen to my bisexuality in my tiny 13-year-old life.
positive · AI labelView post →Very funny to me that you could get a CD of relaxing music with songs from The X-Files, The Exorcist, and a David Lynch movie on it
neutral · AI labelView post →The X-Files The first 5 seasons are wonderful, the first movie was good, then it gets to go downhill and by the end, ugh.
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the perils of having an active X-Files rewatch going is that any other movie or show you watch has to pass frequent "I could be watching The X-Files instead of this" skill checks
neutral · AI labelView post →TV & Film that's been done in Canada: The X-Files The Revenant My Big Fat Greek Wedding The Shape of Water Good Will Hunting Brokeback Mountain Titanic Rambo Fear Suits Schitt's Creek The Handmaid's Tale The Boys. etc. But sure, Trump'lefucks, tariff that...
neutral · AI labelView post →think I'd rather watch the X-rated "lost" version of the R-Files movie than the R-rated "lost" version of the X-Files movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →#Howl-A-Ween 😱🎃 #MusicChallenge 15. Movie/ TV Show Theme 🎶The X-Files Theme 🎤Spiritualized 🗓️1997 youtu.be/RFBvWxHjVy0... In memoriam Mark Snow
neutral · AI labelView post →Many people are unaware there is a dragon apocalypse movie directed by the guy who did the X-Files movie with Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Gerard Butler (AND MORE) and it delivers on those elements perfectly.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ryan Coogler's 'The X-Files' Reboot Picked Up To Series At Hulu.
neutral · AI labelView post →You know what, Final Destination holds up as a horror film, 23 years later. Apparently it was originally written as a spec script for the X-Files, which makes sense. It's got a very monster of the week 90's vibe to it, extended out to a film (but not in a bad way!).
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight's post-work movie: THE X FILES: FIGHT THE FUTURE (1998)
neutral · AI labelView post →That Pure Moods collection, for when you wanted to just relax and chill out to the theme songs from The Exorcist, The X-Files, and the Twin Peaks movie
neutral · AI labelView post →After watching The X-Files movie tonight, @momebie.bsky.social and I realized how many movies from 1998 they haven’t seen, so now we’re simply going to have to dedicate our entire relationship to catching up.
neutral · AI labelView post →Been a week, so a late night movie with Lifeforce! A film with two big things everyone remembers. Patrick Stewart having a gay kiss and Dwayne Barry from the X-Files having more trouble with aliens.
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