| Release Date | 19 June 1998 |
| Budget | $66,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $84,000,000 |
| Tagline | Fight the Future |
| Genre | Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller |
| Country | CanadaUSA |
| Filming Locations | Bakersfield, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Sci-Fi Action, Alien Film, Detective Film |
| Mood | Nail-biters |
| Themes | Evil Aliens, Political Corruption, Heroic Mission, Race Against Time |
| Tones | Atmospheric, Tense, Ominous, Eerie, Confrontational, Paranoid |
| Tags | Alien [not Human], Conspiracy |
The X-Files (also known as The X-Files: Fight the Future) is a 1998 American science fiction-thriller film written by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz, and directed by Rob Bowman. It is the first feature film based on The X-Files series created by Carter that revolves around a fictional FBI paranormal investigation unit called the X-Files. Four main characters from the television series appear in the film: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi and William B. Davis reprise their respective roles as FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner and the Cigarette-Smoking Man. The film's tagline and sub-title is Fight the Future.