The X-Files Guía y cronología

Mulder and Scully's investigations move between a strange individual case and a larger pattern of secrecy. Their trust is the thread through both kinds of story, so the early cases matter even when they do not appear to advance a single central conspiracy.

The films belong at different points in that partnership. Fight the Future bridges the earlier and later original run, while I Want to Believe returns after the original series and before the revival. Following those broad breaks is useful without trying to sort every flashback or peripheral crossover into a new universal timeline.

Stay with the television episode sequence through season five, then watch Fight the Future. Continue the original run through season nine, add I Want to Believe and move into the revival. Recognize the season ranges inside the grouped entries rather than counting each row as a single season.

Use the season boundaries in the named route. The first film comes after season five, while the second waits until after the original run.

1. 1
   Original run beginsThe X-FilesSeries · 1993
2. 2
   Between Seasons 5 and 6The X-Files: Fight the FutureFilm · 1998
3. 3
   Post-film eraThe X-FilesSeries · 1998
4. 4
   Doggett eraThe X-FilesSeries · 2000
5. 5
   Post-series caseThe X-Files: I Want to BelieveFilm · 2008
6. 6
   RevivalThe X-FilesSeries · 2016
7. 7
   Latest included revival seasonThe X-FilesSeries · 2018