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{{Short description|2002 Hong Kong film by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Infernal Affairs
| image          = Infernal_Affairs_(2002_film)_poster.jpg
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| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| native_name    = {{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|child=yes|hide=no|header=none
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| director       = {{ubl|[[Andrew Lau]]|[[Alan Mak (director)|Alan Mak]]}}
| producer       = Andrew Lau
| writer         = {{ubl|Alan Mak|[[Felix Chong]]}}
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Andy Lau]]
* [[Tony Leung Chiu-wai|Tony Leung]]
* [[Anthony Wong (Hong Kong actor)|Anthony Wong]]
* [[Eric Tsang]]
* [[Sammi Cheng]]
* [[Kelly Chen]]
* [[Chapman To]]
* [[Gordon Lam]]
}}
| music          = [[Chan Kwong-wing]]
| cinematography = {{ubl|Andrew Lau|[[Lai Yiu-fai]]}}
| editing        = {{ubl|[[Pang brothers|Danny Pang]]|Curran Pang}}
| studio         = {{ubl|[[Media Asia Entertainment Group|Media Asia Films]]|[[Basic Pictures]]}}
| distributor    = [[Media Asia Entertainment Group|Media Asia Distribution]]
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|2002|12|12}}
| runtime        = 101 minutes
| country        = Hong Kong
| language       = Cantonese<br>Mandarin
| budget         = US$6.4 million<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://enjoyreviews.com/reviews/3082496769/ |title=Infernal Affairs vs. The Departed |access-date=29 November 2015 |archive-date=26 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826235349/http://enjoyreviews.com/reviews/3082496769/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| gross          = [[Hong Kong dollar|HK$]]55.1 million
}}
{{Infobox Chinese|t={{linktext|無|間|道}}|s={{linktext|无|间|道}}|l="Unceasing Path"|j= Mou<sup>4</sup> Gaan<sup>3</sup> Dou<sup>6</sup> |p=Wú Jiān Dào}}

'''''Infernal Affairs''''' ({{zh|t={{linktext|無|間|道}}|l="Unceasing Path"}}) is a 2002 Hong Kong [[crime drama film]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-infernal-affairs-trilogy|title=The Infernal Affairs Trilogy|website=The Criterion Channel}}</ref> directed by [[Andrew Lau]] and [[Alan Mak (director)|Alan Mak]] from a screenplay written by Mak and [[Felix Chong]]. The film stars [[Andy Lau]], [[Tony Leung Chiu-wai|Tony Leung]], [[Anthony Wong (Hong Kong actor)|Anthony Wong]], [[Eric Tsang]], [[Sammi Cheng]] and [[Kelly Chen]]. The film follows an undercover [[Hong Kong Police Force]] officer who infiltrates a [[Triad (organized crime)|triad]] and another police officer who is secretly a spy for the same triad. The film is the first in the [[Infernal Affairs (film series)|''Infernal Affairs'' series]], followed by ''[[Infernal Affairs II]]'' and ''[[Infernal Affairs III]]'' (both 2003).

At the [[22nd Hong Kong Film Awards]], ''Infernal Affairs'' won seven out of the sixteen awards it was nominated for—including [[Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film|Best Film]], [[Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] (Leung), and [[Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] (Wong). It also won in those categories at the [[40th Golden Horse Awards]] and 8th [[Golden Bauhinia Awards]]. The film was selected as Hong Kong's entry for the [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[76th Academy Awards]] but was not nominated. [[Miramax Films]] acquired the United States distribution rights and gave it a limited American theatrical release in 2004. 

American director [[Martin Scorsese]] remade the film in 2006 as ''[[The Departed]]'', which won the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] as well as [[Academy Award for Best Director]], Scorsese's first and only Oscar in his career, and [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 March 2024 |title=The Academy's Complex Relationship With Martin Scorsese |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-academys-complex-relationship-with-martin-scorsese/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/20_facts_you_might_not_know_about_the_departed/s1__37090556#slide_12 |title=20 facts you might not know about 'The Departed'|date=22 August 2024 |author-first1=Chris|author-last1=Morgan|website=Yardbarker}}</ref> The film has also been remade in India as ''[[Homam (film)|Homam]]'' (2008), in South Korea as ''[[City of Damnation]]'' (2009), and in Japan as [[:ja:ダブルフェイス (テレビドラマ)|''Double Face'']] (2012). In 2018, a television series adaptation aired on [[TVB]].