Super 8 vs The X Files: I Want to Believe

Super 8 has the higher audience score (6.8/10 against 5.8/10 for The X Files: I Want to Believe). The X Files: I Want to Believe is the shorter watch at 1h 44m compared with 1h 52m. The X Files: I Want to Believe is the older of the two (2008 against 2011). Both are mystery, science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Super 8 posterSuper 82011 VS The X Files: I Want to Believe posterThe X Files: I Want to Believe2008
Super 8The X Files: I Want to Believe
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 5.8/10
Year20112008
Length1h 52m1h 44m
GenresMystery, Science Fiction, ThrillerMystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorJ.J. AbramsChris Carter
Main castGabriel Basso, Noah Emmerich, Bruce Greenwood, Joel McKinnon Miller, Glynn TurmanCallum Keith Rennie, Mitch Pileggi, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, David Duchovny

Synopsis

Super 8

In late 1970s Ohio, a group of friends filming a homemade zombie movie witness a devastating train derailment. Soon after, their quiet town is gripped by unexplained disappearances, strange phenomena, and a growing sense of fear, as they uncover that something terrifying has been set loose.

The X Files: I Want to Believe

Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.

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