The X-Files: I Want to Believe is a 2008 science fiction film directed by Chris Carter, and written by Carter and Frank Spotnitz. It is the second feature film based on Carter's TV series The X-Files, following the 1998 film. Unlike the first film, the plot does not focus on the series' ongoing extraterrestrial-based "mytharc" and instead works as a standalone thriller/horror story, similar to many of the "Monster-of-the-Week" episodes that were frequently seen in the TV series. The always-complicated relationship between Fox Mulder and Dana Scully moves in unexpected directions. Mulder continues his unshakable quest for the truth, and Scully, the passionate, ferociously intelligent physician, remains inextricably tied to Mulder's pursuits.

release year: 2008

star(s): Amanda Peet    David Duchovny    Gillian Anderson    Xzibit