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The X from Outer Space (宇宙大怪獣ギララ)
The X from Outer Space (宇宙大怪獣ギララ, Uchu Daikaiju Girara) is Shochiku's 1967 kaiju film directed by Kazui Nihonmatsu, in which a Mars-mission spore grows into the energy-absorbing monster Guilala, defeated with Guilalanium.
The X-Files
The X-Files is Chris Carter's Fox science-fiction series (1993–2002, plus 2016 and 2018 revivals) about FBI agents Mulder and Scully investigating paranormal cases and an alien-conspiracy mythology; a Ryan Coogler Hulu reimagining was ordered to series in 2026.
The X-Files (film)
The X-Files, also known as Fight the Future, is a 1998 American science fiction thriller directed by Rob Bowman, the first feature film based on the television series.
The X-Files season 1
The X-Files season 1 (1993-1994), Chris Carter's Fox series, 24 episodes with David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson; five mythology and 19 stand-alone episodes, filmed in Vancouver, 83% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The X-Files season 2
The X-Files season 2 (Fox, 1994-95): 25 episodes in which Gillian Anderson's pregnancy produced the Scully abduction arc; ratings rose 36%, and the season earned Emmy nominations including Outstanding Drama Series.
The X-Files season 3
The X-Files season 3 (X-ファイル シーズン3) is the third season of the American science fiction series The X-Files, broadcast on Fox from 1995 to 1996 in 24 episodes.
The X-Files season 4
The X-Files season 4: 24 episodes of the Fox sci-fi drama aired October 1996 to May 1997, moving to Sundays, with the Tunguska black-oil arc, Scully's cancer in Memento Mori, and the notorious episode Home.
The X-Files season 5
The X-Files season 5 (Fox, 1997–98): 20 episodes from "Redux" to "The End," the last Vancouver-filmed season, planned to set up the 1998 Fight the Future film, with "Bad Blood" and "The Post-Modern Prometheus."
The X-Files season 6
The X-Files season 6 (1998–99), 22 Fox episodes, the first produced in Los Angeles after the Vancouver years, following the film Fight the Future; known for the Two Fathers/One Son Syndicate two-parter, a lighter comedic tone, and the Mulder–Scully relationship shift.
The X-Files season 7
The X-Files season 7 (1999–2000): 22 Fox episodes from "The Sixth Extinction" to "Requiem"; resolves Samantha's fate, ends with Mulder's abduction, and marks David Duchovny's departure.
The X-Files season 8
The X-Files season 8 (2000-01, Fox, 21 episodes): David Duchovny's partial exit, Robert Patrick's Agent John Doggett, Scully's pregnancy arc, and the search for Mulder; 67% Tomatometer.
The X-Files season 9
The X-Files season 9 is the final season of the original American series on Fox. It featured Annabeth Gish and Robert Patrick, with David Duchovny returning for the two-part finale.
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
The X-Files: I Want to Believe, also called The X Files 2, is a 2008 American science fiction thriller directed by Chris Carter, starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson.
The Xposé
The Xposé (The Xpose) is a 2014 Hindi murder-mystery thriller directed by Anant Mahadevan, starring Himesh Reshammiya as ex-cop turned superstar Ravi Kumar, set in 1960s Bollywood; released 16 May 2014, a box office flop.
The xx
The xx: English indie pop trio (Romy Madley Croft, Oliver Sim, Jamie xx) formed in London in 2005; Mercury Prize-winning 2009 debut xx, albums Coexist and I See You, major influence on minimalist pop.
The Yacoubian Building (عمارة يعقوبيان)
The Yacoubian Building (عمارة يعقوبيان, Omaret Yakobean) is a 2006 Egyptian ensemble drama, Marwan Hamed's debut feature, adapted from Alaa Al Aswany's 2002 bestseller with a screenplay by Wahid Hamed. It was the most expensive Egyptian film of its time, the highest-grossing Arab film of 2006, and survived a 112-MP censorship campaign uncut.
The Yardbirds
The Yardbirds is an English rock band formed in London in 1963, central to the British rhythm-and-blues boom. It featured guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page.
The Yardbirds discography
The Yardbirds discography: London blues-rock band (formed 1963) whose releases span Five Live Yardbirds (1964), For Your Love, Having a Rave Up, Roger the Engineer, Little Games, and the 2003 reunion album Birdland.
The Yards
The Yards is a 2000 American crime drama by James Gray, starring Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, James Caan, and Ellen Burstyn, about corruption in Queens subway rail yards, inspired by the Donald Manes scandal, in Cannes competition 2000.
The Year in San Fernando
The Year in San Fernando is a 1965 coming-of-age novel by Trinidadian writer Michael Anthony, following twelve-year-old Francis through a year working in the city of San Fernando.
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (O Ano em que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias) is a 2006 Brazilian drama by Cao Hamburger about 12-year-old Mauro, left by parents fleeing the 1970 military dictatorship, raised by a Jewish neighbor in São Paulo's Bom Retiro during Brazil's World Cup win.
The Year My Voice Broke
The Year My Voice Broke is John Duigan's 1987 Australian coming-of-age drama, produced by Kennedy Miller, starring Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, and Ben Mendelsohn; set in 1962 rural NSW, it won five AFI Awards and spawned the sequel Flirting.
The Year of Living Dangerously (film)
The Year of Living Dangerously is a 1982 Peter Weir film, adapted from Christopher Koch's novel, starring Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, and Oscar winner Linda Hunt, set in 1965 Jakarta and banned in Indonesia until 2000.
The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking is Joan Didion's 2005 National Book Award-winning memoir of grief after the sudden death of her husband John Gregory Dunne on December 30, 2003, and her daughter Quintana's illness; adapted into a 2007 Broadway one-woman play.
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (O ano da morte de Ricardo Reis) is a 1984 novel by José Saramago about Fernando Pessoa's heteronym Ricardo Reis.
The Year of the Locust
The Year of the Locust is Terry Hayes's 2023-24 spy thriller and standalone follow-up to I Am Pilgrim. It follows CIA Denied Access Area spy Ridley 'Kane' Walker hunting presumed-dead terrorist Abu Muslim al-Tundra before shifting into science fiction with time travel and alien spores.
The Year Without a Santa Claus
The Year Without a Santa Claus is a 1974 Rankin/Bass stop-motion Christmas special first aired on ABC, adapted from Phyllis McGinley's 1957 book, starring Mickey Rooney, Shirley Booth, and the Heat Miser and Snow Miser songs.
The Year's Best Science Fiction
The Year's Best Science Fiction: annual short SF anthology series, chiefly Gardner Dozois's 35 volumes (1984-2018, Bluejay then St. Martin's), with yearly summation, honorable mentions, and successor series by Strahan, Horton, and Clarke.
The Yearling
The Yearling is Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's 1938 Scribner's novel about Jody Baxter and his fawn Flag in the Florida scrub; bestseller of 1938 and 1939 Pulitzer Prize winner, adapted as the 1946 MGM film with Gregory Peck.
The Years of Lyndon Johnson
The Years of Lyndon Johnson is Robert A. Caro's multi-volume biography of Lyndon B. Johnson, with four volumes published since 1982 and a fifth in progress.