The Departed

IMDb

8.5/10

Rated

R

The Departed is a 2006 crime thriller directed by Martin Scorsese and based on the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. In Boston, police trainee Billy Costigan, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, goes undercover in the gang of mob boss Frank Costello, played by Jack Nicholson. At the same time, Costello's protege Colin Sullivan, played by Matt Damon, rises inside the state police as the gang's informant. As both sides hunt for the rat, the two men close in on each other. It won the Oscar for Best Picture.

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