# The X-Files (1998)

> FBI partners Mulder and Scully race through a labyrinth of government secrecy to stop an extraterrestrial virus from ending life on Earth.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/691

## Facts

- Runtime: 121 min
- Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Director: Rob Bowman
- Cast: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis, John Neville, Martin Landau, Jeffrey DeMunn, Tom Braidwood
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120902/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: paranoid, ominous, sardonic, late night thriller viewing, science fiction marathon

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- [The Astronaut's Wife (1999)](https://ember.film/movie/1908)
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- [The Arrival (1996)](https://ember.film/movie/5619)
- [The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)](https://ember.film/movie/4232)
- [Men in Black II (2002)](https://ember.film/movie/488)
- [Impostor (2001)](https://ember.film/movie/2848)
- [Alien Autopsy (2006)](https://ember.film/movie/4932)
- [The Silence of the Lambs (1991)](https://ember.film/movie/232)
- [Men in Black (1997)](https://ember.film/movie/487)
- [Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)](https://ember.film/movie/1460)

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