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The X-Files

Name: The X-Files
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Cast: Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, Mitch Pileggi, Robert Patrick, Tom Braidwood

1993–2018 · 11 seasons, 218 episodes · Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · FOX · United States · Rated TV-14 (US)

The truth is out there.

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.

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Chris Carter

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Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, Mitch Pileggi, Robert Patrick, Tom Braidwood, William B. Davis

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