The Departed

About The Departed

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks.

The Departed (2006) is a crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese. The film is filed under complex, angry, organized crime, and undercover.

Leonardo DiCaprio takes the lead as Billy, Matt Damon as Colin, Jack Nicholson as Costello, and Mark Wahlberg as Dignam. At 151 minutes long, it arrived in October 2006.

The screenplay is by William Monahan. Production companies include Initial Entertainment Group, Media Asia Films, and Plan B Entertainment. In the United States it streams on YouTube TV.

The Irishman, Sleepless, and GoodFellas make useful companions to The Departed, all filed under gangster and irish-american. TMDB voters put it at 8.2 out of 10 across 16,864 votes and it carries a R rating.