FBI agents investigate paranormal cold cases, blending gritty crime with chilling, otherworldly suspense.
Suspenseful. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Disney+, Hulu and Pluto TV (free).
Some innuendo or implied sex and some strong language, about what a TV-14 should carry.
Our estimate: fine from about 13. Rated TV-14.
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The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
It leaves things open rather than tying them up.
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Stranger Things (2016)Properly scary · light gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyA small town grapples with a chilling supernatural mystery, secret experiments, and a peculiar young girl.
The Expanse (2015)Gritty · late-night trip · strong violence · emotionally heavyA hardened detective and a rogue captain race across the solar system to expose an epic conspiracy.
American Horror Story (2011)Properly scary · graphic gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyEach season delivers a new chilling tale, from haunted houses to witch covens, all with a gritty, campy suspense.
Fringe (2008)Suspenseful · late-night trip · emotionally heavy · measuredAn FBI agent, a mad scientist, and his son unravel a suspenseful, cerebral mystery blurring science and technology.
Shadow Hunter (2005)Suspenseful · late-night trip · measuredA doctor of parapsychology explores chilling paranormal events, uncovering atmospheric and suspenseful mysteries.
The Twilight Zone (1959)Suspenseful · late-night trip · emotionally heavy · measuredEach self-contained story explores humanity's deepest fears and follies with a chilling and surreal twist.
Supernatural (2005)Properly scary · light gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyTwo brothers hunt down dark, demonic forces across America with gritty, suspenseful, and witty encounters.The X-Files is on our Teens, Aliens, Late night, 1990s and Hulu lists.
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