Black Mass

Scorsese's taut, grubby portrait of Whitey Bulger charts the rise and fall of South Boston's most notorious kingpin. Johnny Depp, unrecognizable in a greasy comb-over, nails Bulger's slick, ruthless charm. As Bulger navigates the murky waters of FBI cooperation to dismantle his Mafia rivals, the film zeroes in on the moral murk that clouds Bulger’s decisions. Scorsese’s crisp direction underscores the raw, visceral underbelly of Boston’s criminal underworld, where loyalty and betrayal are currency in a game where the stakes are life and death.