The Departed

A pitchblack remake of the Hong Kong action hit Infernal Affairs (2002),  in which a gangster infiltrates in the police corps while a good cop works his way up the mafia hierarchy headed by the eccentric Francis Costello (Jack Nicholson), a mob boss veering between sheer abandon and utter madness. The film won Oscars for Best Film, Best Director (Scorsese’s first, after seven previous nominations), Best Film Editing and Best Writing Adapted Screeplay.