Movies Like The X Files: I Want to Believe

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

The X-Files

1998·2h 1m·★ 7.0·Rob Bowman

The X Files Collection3 shared cast incl. David Duchovny & Gillian AndersonThemes: extraterrestrial technology, fbi

Inside The X-Files

1998·45m·★ 7.7·Glen Kasper

3 shared cast incl. David Duchovny & Gillian Anderson

Arrival

2016·1h 56m·★ 7.9·Denis Villeneuve

Themes: extraterrestrial technology, alienScience Fiction & Mystery

K-PAX

2001·2h·★ 7.4·Iain Softley

Themes: hospital, alienScience Fiction & Mystery

Fragile

2005·1h 41m·★ 6.0·Jaume Balagueró

TMDB recommendsThriller & Mystery

88 Minutes

2007·1h 48m·★ 5.9·Jon Avnet

TMDB recommendsThriller & Mystery

The Astronaut's Wife

1999·1h 49m·★ 5.4·Rand Ravich

TMDB recommendsScience Fiction & Thriller

End of the World

1977·1h 28m·★ 3.2·John Hayes

TMDB recommendsThriller & Science Fiction

Super 8

2011·1h 52m·★ 7.0·J.J. Abrams

Fans also likedThriller & Science Fiction & Mystery

Hypnotic

2023·1h 33m·★ 5.5·Robert Rodriguez

Fans also likedMystery & Science Fiction & Thriller

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

1999·23m·★ 7.9·John Henderson

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Frequency

2000·1h 58m·★ 7.4·Gregory Hoblit

Fans also likedScience Fiction & Thriller

Manhunter

1986·2h·★ 7.2·Michael Mann

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Destroy All Monsters

1968·1h 29m·★ 6.4·Ishirō Honda

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Déjà Vu

2006·2h 6m·★ 7.1·Tony Scott

Fans also likedThriller & Science Fiction

Alienoid

2022·2h 22m·★ 6.3·Choi Dong-hoon

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Ransom

1996·2h 1m·★ 6.7·Ron Howard

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Breach

2007·1h 50m·★ 7.0·Billy Ray

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Event Horizon

1997·1h 36m·★ 6.6·Paul W. S. Anderson

Fans also likedScience Fiction & Mystery

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

1996·1h 13m·★ 7.1·Jim Mallon

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