[M]As of October 13, 2021, the film was ranked 45th in the list of the 250 best films according to IMDb.[/M]
The Departed is a 2006 American crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan. It starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, and Mark Wahlberg, with Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, and Alec Baldwin in supporting roles. It is a remake of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs (2002).
The Departed won the Oscar for Best Picture at the 79th Academy Awards. Scorsese received the Oscar for Best Director, Thelma Schoonmaker the Oscar for Best Editing and William Monahan the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.