TV series / 1993-2018

The X-Files

Original title: The X Files

The X-Files is a TV series from 1993-2018. This page summarizes IMDb episode ratings across 11 seasons and 218 rated episodes.

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11 seasons 218 rated episodes 7.8 average 1,078,608 episode votes

Ratings by Season

Rows are episode numbers. Columns are seasons.

Episode 1234567891011
1 8.2 8.0 8.6 8.4 8.6 8.1 7.7 8.1 7.2 7.8 6.4
2 8.0 8.2 9.0 8.8 8.9 8.5 7.7 8.2 7.3 7.8 7.2
3 8.5 7.4 7.7 6.6 8.4 8.5 7.8 7.4 7.1 8.0 7.7
4 7.5 7.6 9.2 8.0 8.1 8.9 7.7 8.0 7.7 7.2 8.1
5 6.9 8.6 7.1 6.6 8.5 8.8 7.3 7.5 6.8 6.4 7.8
6 7.1 8.6 7.4 7.2 7.7 8.2 8.2 8.3 7.3 7.0 7.3
7 6.7 6.3 7.1 9.0 7.6 7.7 7.5 7.4 7.3 8.0
8 8.7 8.3 7.6 8.5 7.6 7.3 8.1 6.7 7.0 8.0
9 6.2 7.1 8.5 8.1 6.9 7.8 6.5 6.7 7.4 6.6
10 7.7 7.5 8.7 8.7 7.5 8.3 7.9 6.7 7.2 7.1
11 8.0 6.9 7.1 6.6 7.8 8.5 8.0 7.7 7.4
12 7.2 7.3 8.6 8.3 9.2 8.8 8.4 7.3 6.9
13 8.6 8.0 7.5 7.4 8.2 7.3 6.0 7.8 7.2
14 7.3 8.1 7.3 8.4 8.3 8.7 7.3 8.2 7.2
15 7.0 7.1 8.4 6.9 7.4 8.4 7.9 8.2 7.2
16 7.2 8.7 8.5 7.2 7.6 6.4 7.3 8.0 7.5
17 8.3 8.7 8.4 8.4 7.2 7.1 7.0 7.0 8.1
18 7.1 6.4 5.9 8.4 8.0 7.5 7.5 7.8 7.6
19 7.0 7.4 7.0 7.7 8.5 8.4 7.2 7.7 8.2
20 8.3 8.5 8.8 8.9 8.8 7.8 5.9 8.3 7.8
21 8.2 7.4 7.6 8.1 8.5 8.3 8.7
22 7.0 8.0 8.0 7.7 8.1 8.5
23 7.2 7.8 8.3 7.7
24 8.9 7.7 8.5 8.6
25 9.1

Series summary

About The X-Files

The rated episodes of The X-Files have an average IMDb rating of 7.8 based on 1,078,608 episode votes. Season 6 has the highest average rating at 8.1 across 22 rated episodes. Season 9 has the lowest average rating at 7.4.

Genre
Adventure , Crime , Drama
Runtime
45 minute episodes
Principal cast
David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis, Robert Patrick, and Tom Braidwood
Writers
Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz, and John Shiban
Directors
Kim Manners, Rob Bowman, and David Nutter
Also known as
Los expedientes secretos X, Aux frontières du réel, and Los Expedientes Secretos X

Highest rated

Best Episodes

  1. S3E4: Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose The best episode of The X-Files is S3E4: Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose with a 9.2 rating / 8,735 votes
  2. S5E12: Bad Blood 9.2 rating / 7,759 votes
  3. S2E25: Anasazi 9.1 rating / 6,413 votes
  4. S4E7: Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man 9.0 rating / 6,587 votes
  5. S3E2: Paper Clip 9.0 rating / 6,175 votes

Lowest rated

Worst Episodes

  1. S3E18: Teso dos Bichos The worse episode of The X-Files is S3E18: Teso dos Bichos with a 5.9 rating / 4,723 votes
  2. S7E20: Fight Club 5.9 rating / 3,736 votes
  3. S7E13: First Person Shooter 6.0 rating / 4,317 votes
  4. S1E9: Space 6.2 rating / 7,614 votes
  5. S2E7: 3 6.3 rating / 6,092 votes