6. Men in Black (1997)
After the events of the first X-Files feature film in 1998, Mulder and Scully are called to a hearing over what had occurred in the episode ‘The Beginning’. An Assistant Director believed the X-File that the duo filed felt like something that would be in Men in Black, to which he thought was an extremely good movie. A film in which you would think that Mulder would have seen, but he obviously had more pressing issues on his mind involving a government conspiracy to see the film.
The character Morris Fletcher (Michael McKean) was an operative for an agency known as Majestic 12, which is often referenced as ‘the Men in Black’. He first appeared in the episode ‘Dreamland’ in the series, but he also appeared in the series spin-off The Lone Gunmen. In which he claims that he was the inspiration for Tommy Lee Jones’ character in the film to impress a woman.
The film itself is directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and stars Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. The film follows two agents of a secret organization called ‘Men in Black’, who apprehend and supervise extraterrestrial lifeforms who live on Earth.