The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (2025)

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2008

Directed by Chris Carter

Synopsis

To find the truth, you must believe.

Six years after the events of The X-Files series finale, former FBI agent Doctor Dana Scully is now a staff physician at Our Lady of Sorrows, a Catholic hospital, and treating a boy named Christian who has Sandhoff disease, a terminal brain condition. FBI agent Drummy arrives to ask Scully’s help in locating Fox Mulder, the fugitive former head of the X-Files division, and says they will call off its manhunt for him if he will help investigate the disappearances of several women, including young FBI agent Monica Banan. Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.

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Cast

David Duchovny Gillian Anderson Amanda Peet Billy Connolly Xzibit Mitch Pileggi Callum Keith Rennie Adam Godley Nicki Aycox Alex Diakun Fagin Woodcock Marco Niccoli Carrie Ruscheinsky Spencer Maybee Veronika Hadravá Denis Krasnogolov Patrick Keating Stephen E. Miller Xantha Radley Lorena Gale Donavon Stinson Dion Johnstone Sarah-Jane Redmond Christina D'Alimonte Vanesa Tomasino Luvia Petersen Babs Chula Marci T. House Joseph Patrick Finn Show All…

DirectorDirector

Chris Carter

ProducersProducers

Chris Carter Frank Spotnitz

WritersWriters

Chris Carter Frank Spotnitz

CastingCasting

Mindy Marin Coreen Mayrs Heike Brandstatter Kara Lipson Meagan Lopez

EditorEditor

Richard A. Harris

CinematographyCinematography

Bill Roe

Assistant DirectorsAsst. Directors

Jack Hardy Roger Scott Russell Amanda Bartley

Additional DirectingAdd. Directing

E.J. Foerster Mat Beck

Executive ProducerExec. Producer

Brent O'Connor

LightingLighting

David Tickell Ryan Bailey

Camera OperatorsCamera Operators

Martin McInally Michael Wrinch Norbert Kaluza John Davidson

Additional PhotographyAdd. Photography

John S. Bartley

Production DesignProduction Design

Mark S. Freeborn

Art DirectionArt Direction

Tony Wohlgemuth Cheryl Marion

Set DecorationSet Decoration

Shirley Inget David Hadaway B.J. Harrower Leonardo Lara Mark Prior Scott Holburn Geoff Coulter

Special EffectsSpecial Effects

David Gauthier

Visual EffectsVisual Effects

Mat Beck Thomas F. Ford IV John C. Wash Brian Moylan Rod Park Joni Jacobsen Brenda Ilic Tena Montoya Trent Smith

Title DesignTitle Design

Ramsey McDaniel

StuntsStunts

Tony Morelli Mike Mitchell Chris Atkinson James Bamford Kimberly Chiang Duane Dickinson Mike Dobbin Bill Edwards Chris Webb Guy Bews Melissa R. Stubbs Corbin Fox Dean Hart Dave Lane Marshall Virtue Charles Andre Todd Scott Jennifer Mylrea Jeff Sanca Natasha Vasiluk

ComposerComposer

Mark Snow

SoundSound

Michael T. Williamson John A. Larsen Derek Vanderhorst Paul Massey David Giammarco Chuck Michael David Grimaldi Warren Hendriks Scott Curtis Matt Harrison William Stein David Betancourt Alicia Stevenson Dawn Fintor Gordon Anderson

Costume DesignCostume Design

Lisa Tomczeszyn

MakeupMakeup

Bill Terezakis Christopher Mark Pinhey Victoria Down

HairstylingHairstyling

Sherry Linder-Gygli

Studios

Ten Thirteen Productions Dune Entertainment III Crying Box Productions 20th Century Fox

Countries

Canada USA

Language

English

Alternative Titles

The X-Files 2, The X Files: Done One, Цілком таємно: Хочу вірити, 엑스파일: 나는 믿고 싶다, Los expedientes secretos X: Quiero creer, The X Files 2 - I Want to Believe, X-Files: Creer es la clave, 엑스 파일: 나는 믿고싶다, 엑스 파일: 나는 믿고 싶다, 엑스파일: 나는 믿고싶다, 我要相信:X檔案, X档案:我要相信, Akte X - Jenseits der Wahrheit, The X-Files : Régénération, X-akták - Hinni akarok, The X Files: İnanmak İstiyorum, X-Files - Voglio crederci, Секретные материалы: Хочу верить, Ficheiros Secretos: Quero Acreditar, Expediente X: Creer es la clave, Z archiwum X: Chcę wierzyć, Akta X - Chci uvěřit, Strengt Fortroligt: Jeg Vil Tro, Arkiv X - I Want to Believe, Досиетата Х: Искам да повярвам, The X Files: Θέλω να Πιστέψω, X-ファイル 真実を求めて, תיקים באפלה: רוצים להאמין, The X - Files: I Want to Believe, Arquivo X: Eu Quero Acreditar, 엑스 파일: 나는 믿고 싶다, Секретні матеріали: Хочу вірити, Slepenās lietas: Es vēlos ticēt, Los expedientes secretos X: Quiero creer​, X-Files: Usko koetuksella, Akty X: Chcem uveriť, Hồ Sơ Tuyệt Mật: Niềm Tin Sự Thật, X檔案:我要相信, X failai: Noriu tikėti, ดิ เอ็กซ์ ไฟล์ ความจริงที่ต้องเชื่อ, Dosarele X: Pe care vreau să le cred, X-Files: Je veux y croire, Salatoimikud: Ma Tahan Uskuda

Genres

Themes

Thrillers and murder mysteries Suspenseful crime thrillers Intriguing and suspenseful murder mysteries Twisted dark psychological thriller Exciting spy thrillers with tense intrigue Intense political and terrorist thrillers Show All…

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Premiere

23 Jul 2008
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (3)USAHollywood,California

Theatrical

24 Jul 2008
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (4)AustraliaM
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (5)Brazil12
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (6)Germany16
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (7)Greece13
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (8)Hungary16
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (9)Slovakia15
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (10)Spain18

25 Jul 2008
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (11)Austria16
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (12)Canada
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (13)Lithuania
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (14)USAPG-13

30 Jul 2008
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (15)France12

01 Aug 2008
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (16)Denmark15
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (17)Ireland15A
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (18)UK15

07 Aug 2008
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (19)Netherlands16
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (20)PortugalM/16

13 Aug 2008
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (21)South Korea15

24 Aug 2008
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (22)Czechia15+

05 Sep 2008
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (23)Italy

Digital

24 Jul 2008
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (24)Switzerland16

25 Jul 2008
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (25)Poland16

22 Aug 2008
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (26)Romania18

07 Nov 2008
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (27)JapanPG12

23 Feb 2021
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (28)France

Physical

21 Jan 2009
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (29)Netherlands16

08 Jul 2009
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (30)Netherlands16

TV

01 Jan 2011
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (31)Netherlands16

26 May 2012
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (32)Slovakia15

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The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (33)Australia
24 Jul 2008
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The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (34)Austria
25 Jul 2008
  • Theatrical16
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (35)Brazil
24 Jul 2008
  • Theatrical12
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (36)Canada
25 Jul 2008
  • Theatrical
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (37)Czechia
24 Aug 2008
  • Theatrical15+
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (38)Denmark
01 Aug 2008
  • Theatrical15
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (39)France
30 Jul 2008
  • Theatrical12
23 Feb 2021
  • DigitalDisney+
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (40)Germany
24 Jul 2008
  • Theatrical16
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (41)Greece
24 Jul 2008
  • Theatrical13
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (42)Hungary
24 Jul 2008
  • Theatrical16
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (43)Ireland
01 Aug 2008
  • Theatrical15A
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (44)Italy
05 Sep 2008
  • Theatrical
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (45)Japan
07 Nov 2008
  • DigitalPG12
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (46)Lithuania
25 Jul 2008
  • Theatrical
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (47)Netherlands
07 Aug 2008
  • Theatrical16
21 Jan 2009
  • Physical16Bluray
08 Jul 2009
  • Physical16DVD
01 Jan 2011
  • TV16RTL5
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (48)Poland
25 Jul 2008
  • Digital16
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (49)Portugal
07 Aug 2008
  • TheatricalM/16
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (50)Romania
22 Aug 2008
  • Digital18
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (51)Slovakia
24 Jul 2008
  • Theatrical15
26 May 2012
  • TV15JOJ
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (52)South Korea
13 Aug 2008
  • Theatrical15
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (53)Spain
24 Jul 2008
  • Theatrical18
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (54)Switzerland
24 Jul 2008
  • Digital16
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (55)UK
01 Aug 2008
  • Theatrical15
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) (56)USA
23 Jul 2008
  • PremiereHollywood,California
25 Jul 2008
  • TheatricalPG-13

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  • Review by eely ★★★ 2

    there’s literally a scene with a dramatic pan to a framed picture of george w bush and then the x files theme music plays and it’s the best thing i’ve ever seen in my life.

    there’s also a scene where mulder and scully are in bed together and scully is staring at a book titled “beautiful WASPs having sex” and it made me start to wonder if this was a parody movie.

  • Review by mulaney 6

    mulder and scully invented the concept of love and anyone who disagrees is simply wrong and should be ashamed of themselves. thank you for coming to my ted talk

  • Review by Tess ★★★★★ 4

    this was pretty bad but i'm not going to give Dana Scully less than 5 stars. she could have stood in front of the camera breathing for 90 minutes and it'd still get 5 stars.

  • Review by Jordan Beaumont Anderson ★½

    Scully, a medical doctor, researches treatments for her child patient by typing 'stem cell therapy' into google, copying & pasting the entire first page of results, printing them out, putting them in a file folder, and writing 'stem cell research' on the front.

  • Review by JJ 💥 ★★

    walter skinner pulling out his first gen iphone and saying "maybe i can google it" is without a doubt the height of comedy and probably the only in character thing anyone did in this movie

  • Review by matt lynch

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

    so it turns out a psychic pedophile priest is having visions about one of his victims, now an adult gay man who's abducting and killing women to harvest their organs and keep his husband's severed head alive with the eventual intent of permanently attaching it to a woman's body. keep your homophobia out of my Mulder and Scully, thank you very much.

  • Review by parker ★★½

    my favorite part was when scully googled how to do brain surgery

  • Review by eva ★★

    these two stars are for 1) mulder and scully spooning and 2) mulder and scully kissing

  • Review by fox ★★★★★ 2

    scully said that mulder's beard was scratchy and then not 5 minutes later he got up and shaved it off for her they invented love

  • Review by DirkH ★★ 19

    I want to believe:

    A film based on one of the most iconic and successful SciFi series ever isn't this bland, uninspired and lazy.

    Billy Connolly was pissing his pants laughing when he cashed in his cheque for this film.

    Chris Carter suffered from a spontaneous, temporary attack of Lobotimus Interruptus when he conceived this.

    This is not the swan song of one of my favourite series ever.

  • Review by Emily 👽 1

    Any film that shows Mulder and Scully in bed together is a cinematic masterpiece.

  • Review by RobynSummer 3

    The X-Files had two types of episodes. It had alien conspiracy episodes that continued the overarching plot of the show, and it had monster of the week episodes that were stand-alone stories. This film wants to be a stand-alone story, but it has several big problems. The first is that it takes place several years AFTER the show ended. I won't go into spoilers, but with how the show concluded (at the time), it doesn't make sense to try to do a monster of the week story that largely ignores what happened in the past. The other problem is this film is awful.

    While it's nice to finally see Mulder and Scully kiss, their characters don't feel right here. Duchovny…

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