The Departed was a critical and commercial success. The film also received six nominations at the 64th Golden Globe Awards. It is both a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs and also loosely based on the real-life Boston Winter Hill Gang the character Colin Sullivan is based on a corrupt FBI agent.
See also: Departed, The Departed (disambiguation), The Departed (band), Dearly Departed, To the Faithful Departed, and Yearly Departed.