The tense 2006 crime thriller The Departed, starring Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio, is currently featured for streaming on BBC iPlayer. The production, which has a total running time of 2 hours and 22 minutes, has been listed on the digital platform with an availability window lasting for the next 11 months. The service also provides accessible alternative formats for viewers, featuring both audio described and signed options.
First shown in 2006, the film centers on a high-stakes battle of deception set within South Boston. The plot follows an undercover cop alongside a mole embedded inside the police department, as both men race to uncover one another's true identities while infiltrating an Irish gang. Viewers accessing the title are met with advisories noting that the presentation contains explicit sexual content, discriminatory language, and prolonged violence.
Audiences navigating the platform's catalog will find the feature alongside a broader roster of content spanning categories such as drama, comedy, sport, documentaries, and films. Among the related viewing recommendations featured on the platform is Oliver Stone's Oscar-winner Platoon (1h 53m), alongside the 2011 release Those Who Kill, where investigators search for a killer after skeletons are discovered in a wood. Other listed selections include The Order (1h 48m), which focuses on the FBI hunting a terror group plotting war on the government, the 1945 combat film Fury (2h 4m), and Sicario (1h 53m) starring Emily Blunt and Josh Brolin alongside Sicario 2: Soldado (1h 52m).
The extensive streaming selection is further complemented by Francis Ford Coppola's Oscar-winning Bram Stoker's Dracula (1h 58m), as well as The Mercy (1h 35m), which stars Colin Firth in the true story of Donald Crowhurst's bid to sail around the world. Rounding out the related options are Harry Brown (1h 35m), detailing a retired soldier avenging a friend's murder, plus titles including The Substance (2h 11m), Immaculate (1h 19m), and Longlegs (1h 35m), all positioned alongside The Departed as it remains available on the iPlayer service.