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The X Files: I Want to Believe

2008 · 104 min · Director: Chris Carter ★ IMDb 5.9 · 97,915 ratings

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Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) worked at the F.B.I. as partners, a bond between them that led to them becoming lovers. But now they're out of the F.B.I. and have begun new careers. Scully works as a staff physician at a Catholic hospital. Her focus these days is on a young boy with an incurable brain disease. Administration wants to give up on him. Scully, who feels a special bond with the boy, does not. Meanwhile, Mulder's focus is on clipping newspaper articles, throwing pencils into his ceiling and writing about the paranormal. Scully and Mulder are brought together as partners again when a special case requires Mulder's expertise, and Scully is prevailed upon to convince him to help. The case involves a pedophile priest who claims he is having psychic visions regarding the whereabouts of a missing F.B.I. Agent.

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The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Empathy 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Cast

David Duchovny

Fox Mulder

Amanda Peet

Dakota Whitney

Billy Connolly

Joseph Crissman

X
Xzibit

Mosley Drummy

Mitch Pileggi

Walter Skinner

Callum Keith Rennie

Janke Dacyshyn

Adam Godley

Father Ybarra

NA
Nicki Aycox

Cheryl Cunningham

AD
Alex Diakun

Gaunt Man

FW
Fagin Woodcock

Franz Tomczeszyn

MN
Marco Niccoli

Christian Fearon

CR
Carrie Ruscheinsky

Margaret Fearon

SM
Spencer Maybee

Blair Fearon

VH
Veronika Hadravá

Female Assistant

DK
Denis Krasnogolov

Male Assistant

PK
Patrick Keating

Slight Man

Stephen E. Miller

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XR
Xantha Radley

Monica Bannan

Lorena Gale

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Details

Directed by
Chris Carter
Type
Movies
Released
2008
Runtime
104 min
Country
United States, Canada
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.9 · 97,915 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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