Sea of Love
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects. From TMDB
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60 of 79 · most liked firstRevisiting SEA OF LOVE (1989), an electrifying erotic thriller with great performances from Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin. Imho a lot of the recent movies calling themselves erotic thrillers could take some lessons from the good ones we had back in the day, like this one. #filmsky
unlabelledView post →Al Pacino and Diane Keaton attended the premiere party of Sea of Love (1989), the movie that saved Pacino’s career. And all thanks to Diane Keaton; she took the opportunity to tell him about a project she felt would get him back in the game.
unlabelledView post →There's a little-known version of Cinemaware's classic 'It Came From the Desert' on the NEC TurboGrafx-CD. It's a complete FMV game reimagining of the core 50s B-movie concept of a giant ant invasion of a small town. Best part of it? The intro tune: The Sea of Love. It's so fittingly cheesy.
unlabelledView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Sea of Love: Hall of Fame for poster not matching film
unlabelledView post →#MusicChallenge #ScoreTheStill - a song inspired by a still from a movie. Day 12 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Sea of Love - Cat Power youtu.be/CbMeAOTPJzM?...
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching SEA OF LOVE (1989). Director: Harold Becker. Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin. Every horny guy's worst nightmare...a killer who preys on targets just wanting to hook up! Rewatch. I like when an interesting actress like Barkin can lead a high-profile studio film. #filmsky 📽🎥🎬🎞
unlabelledView post →Everyone’s familiar with Al Pacino’s god tier run of the Godfather films, Serpico and Dog Day afternoon but his autobiography Sonny Boy is a reminder of how much fun the Pacino movie star era was—Sea of Love, Glengarry Glen Ross, Heat, Devil’s Advocate, Carlito’s Way, Dick Tracy, etc
unlabelledView post →No one's going to America for the World Cup & empty stadium. If you're an immigrant turning up to watch your team - expect to find ICE waiting for you. Like in the Al Pacino film Sea of Love where the NYPD sent out fake prize announcements to lure bail jumpers.
unlabelledView post →When I was in college I snuck a 40 into the old UC Theater in Berkeley, then halfway through Sea of Love I went out to my friend's van and got a second 40 that I then snuck in for the rest of the film
unlabelledView post →Ever have a favourite movie that you forget about? No. Just me. Well anyway. I have a few. Midnight Run (88) Sea of Love (89) The Big Easy (86)
unlabelledView post →Watching the 1989 Al Pacino film Sea of Love and appreciate this tidbit from Wikipedia: Samuel L. Jackson played a minor role as "Black Guy"
unlabelledView post →Well, Friday was my Pacino movie marathon so that takes all the spots. I think Sea of Love was my favourite of the day, it was really fun!
unlabelledView post →Just watched Sea of Love with Al Pacino. There wasn’t a single boat scene in that whole movie. False advertising.
unlabelledView post →Featured in Al Pacino film Sea of Love 📽
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching Sea of Love.
unlabelledView post →I nat (kl midnat) sender DR (igen igen) filmen Sea of Love med Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin og John Goodman. Det er en top god film, og musikken er lige så fantastisk. youtu.be/ks2z6jNuRf0?...
unlabelledView post →thanks for pointing that out-I didn't even know that until the original post on Trading Places last week. By the way, in another bit of 80s movie trivia, Samuel L Jackson has a cameo in 'Sea of Love' & is billed as "black guy"-just rewatched a few days ago, probably 1st time since it's release
unlabelledView post →Sea of Love, Cruising, and I’m going to count Angels in America as a “film” for the purposes of this
unlabelledView post →SEA OF LOVE: A seminal “is my ____ going to kill me” erotic thriller that benefits from being a film made for and by adults where you actually buy that the people behind it actually understand policework. Flawed people, sex, it’s great.
unlabelledView post →America has always been weird abt sex but I think some of the weirdness u're seeing around sex on film is from a bunch of folks who didn't grow up w/ Fatal Attraction, 91/2 Weeks, Sea of Love, Basic Instinct, Sliver, Disclosure, & Jade's in their Cinema's as a regular part of their movie food groups
unlabelledView post →MrG: 🎶Oh My love, I hunger for your touch 🎶 Me: Are we going to watch Sea of Love? I love that movie. I’m such a weirdly complicated person… my humour rarely translates 😬
unlabelledView post →We should also never forget that the example Snyder uses to explain his whole Save the Cat rule reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of the film Sea of Love. We don't have the scene of Pacino refusing to arrest a criminal in front of his son in order to show us what a great guy our hero is...
unlabelledView post →#Noirvember Film 18: Sea of Love (1989). Steamy neo-noir starring Al Pacino as a troubled NYC homicide detective tracking a serial killer that is using the personal ads to select victims. He starts a relationship with a smouldering Ellen Barkin who may or may not be involved in the murders.
unlabelledView post →I haven’t watched a movie on CBC in a long time but I always enjoyed when the guy doing the voice over would incorporate the stars names with the film title somehow. “Like Al Pacino is going down in a Sea Of Love.”
unlabelledView post →Sea of Love is Al Pacino’s best movie. Discuss.
unlabelledView post →Rewatching Sea Of Love 1989 ❤️🔥💥🔥❤️
unlabelledView post →ANYTHING THAT MOVES is a modern day A CLIMAX OF BLUE POWER with a 21st century twist, taking the bleak audience expectations of a roughie and confounding them. Plus some sex-positive hat tips to BORN IN FLAMES and SEA OF LOVE. So glad @vinsyn.bsky.social made this movie and this screening possible.
unlabelledView post →This actually happens in the beginning of an Al Pacino movie, hand to GOD.("Sea of Love," I think).😭😭
unlabelledView post →Al Pacino birthday marathon movie #2 - the '80s Sea of Love (1989) Why does this not get talked about more? Pacino's a detective teaming up with John Goodman to find a killer. Gets involved with a suspect - the stunning Ellen Barkin, and there's a *very* sexy scene of them hooking up. Fantastic!
unlabelledView post →Great song - just a little aside ... have you ever seen the movie Sea of Love with Al Pacino? Haven't watched it in years and might have lost something over time, but a really good thriller.
unlabelledView post →'Sea of Love' is on Netflix youtu.be/hoQPFMWteQ4?...
unlabelledView post →Sea of Love is a good tune! Was there a movie with the same name Tony?
unlabelledView post →I'm watching an old classic movie, 'Sea Of Love', and it's like Al Pacino's character, New York City homicide detective Frank Keller is actually Al Pacino !
unlabelledView post →First, I rewatched the first Jurassic Park and realized Samuel Jackson was in that movie. Then, tonight, I watched Sea of Love and BOOM, there's a young, skinny Samuel Jackson in it as well. What are the odds?
unlabelledView post →'Sea of Love' starring Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin and John Goodman was the #1 movie at the Box Office on this day in 1989. Samuel L. Jackson makes a brief appearance early in the movie. We covered 'Sea of Love' back in Season 3. www.all80smoviespodcast.com/sea-of-love-... #80sMovies #BoxOffice
unlabelledView post →On this day in movie history: Sea of Love directed by Harold Becker released September 15, 1989. Cast: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Michael Rooker, William Hickey, Richard Jenkins, John Spencer, Michael O’Neill, Paul Calderón, Gene Canfield, Lorraine Bracco, Samuel L. Jackson. #Noir
unlabelledView post →Harold Becker made a load of really interesting, flawed films - The Black Marble, The Onion Field, Vision Quest, Sea of Love, Malice, City Hall, and two or three others I have seen. Not a great director, but man who could craft a great sequence, if not a great film.
unlabelledView post →This was a movie I thought was pretty cool back in the day. I picked up Becker’s Sea Of Love and gave it a rewatch and it made me nostalgic for this one as well.
unlabelledView post →Watching Sea Of Love for the first time in probably 30 years, and seeing Al Pacino getting drunk in front of his TV and deciding to drunk dial his ex wife, I don’t feel so bad about my internetting over the weekends. It’s great recognizing faces in this film we didn’t know as well then as we do now.
unlabelledView post →Is it possible that he's in someway related to Phil Phillips, the writer/singer of the classic Sea of Love? That might explain why Philthy dresses so nautically in the film and performs a song called Nightswim. Or is it just a coincidence?
unlabelledView post →Tonight's viewing: Sea Of Love (1989). Directed by Harold Becker. Written by Richard Price. Staring Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, cameo from Samuel L. Jackson. I love this movie. Haven't seen it in probably ten years.
unlabelledView post →Haven’t watched Sea Of Love for a long while. Had the soundtrack album for a while. Wonder if the movie stands up after 40yrs?
unlabelledView post →Yeah, Pacino was on the skids in the mid-80s That Britsh movie he did about the American Revolution did him ZERO favors. Thank goodness "Sea of Love" came around and kicked his career back to life!
unlabelledView post →#EyeSpy | Sandhya Suri on ‘Santosh’, the powerful film about powerlessness eyespyreel.stck.me/post/844802/... Also, reviews of 'The Diplomat', 'Perusu', 'Be Happy' and 'Sea of Love.' Check out this week's top reads from The Reel
unlabelledView post →No free links I can find for tonight's #CineJanes choice, Sea of Love (1989) -- but here's a list of all the subscription and rental options -- last chance to catch it on Netflix! #CineJanes www.justwatch.com/us/movie/sea...
unlabelledView post →@davidjroth.bsky.social All time NYC sickos movie Sea Of Love is currently on Netflix
unlabelledView post →In high school the bad kids I associated with (think Nelson and cronies in the Simpsons) invited me out for a night of debauchery. We snuck two beers into a R rated sex movie - Sea of Love with Al Pacino.
unlabelledView post →It's an odd film, but I do love it. Compared to its hetero cousin Sea of Love it's not as coherent, Al's performance is nowhere near as good but it has a great, unsettled vibe and it looks incredible, especially the Arrow Bluray.
unlabelledView post →The (movie) Sea of Love 1080p (iTunes)(AU) AU$4.99 (Crime) (iMDB) 6.9 Cast: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Michael Rooker, William Hickey, Richard Jenkins
unlabelledView post →How do Movie Critics and News Journalists become Movie Critics and News Journalists? "I give Sea Of Love 4 out of 10 because I don't like it." "Here is 'The News'". Some of my favourite Films, Rodger Ebert despises. And some of the loveliest news isn't reported.
unlabelledView post →My husband and I were trying to remember in which films Goodman played a detective. We have Fallen, Sea of Love, and The Big Easy. Are we missing any? Love him in any film, I agree.
unlabelledView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #Bird #CodeOfSilence #SeaofLove 10 Forgotten '80s Movies That Have Aged Like Fine Wine http://dlvr.it/TSxgZh
unlabelledView post →I'm watching an Al Pacino movie, 'Sea Of Love' from 1989 because there are SO many great late release movies out there at the moment.......
unlabelledView post →The (movie) Sea of Love 1080p (iTunes)(AU) AU$4.99 (Crime) (iMDB) 6.9 Cast: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Michael Rooker, William Hickey, Richard Jenkins
unlabelledView post →The (movie) Sea of Love 1080p (iTunes)(AU) AU$4.99 (Crime) (iMDB) 6.9 Cast: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Michael Rooker, William Hickey, Richard Jenkins
unlabelledView post →If it has a flaw it's that it didn't have a texture. You know how Body Heat is sweaty and humid and stupid horny from the heat? And Sea of Love is like cocaine teeth grinding on film? None of that. It's clinical. Which is appropriate because the main POV character, Julianne Moore, is an OB-GYN.
unlabelledView post →Last Nights Mystery Movie Marathon Line-up 1)Sea Of Love (1989) 2)Pointe Blank (1967) 3)Legend (1985) 4)Prophecy (1979) 5)9 To 5 (1980)
unlabelledView post →Movie OTD (1/19): Sea of Love (1989) dir. by Harold Becker OSR: I like this version of Pacino when he was just on the edge of losing control of his ability to modulate his voice. Previous to this, the only movie that I’ve ever seen with Ellen Barkin prior to this is Ocean’s 13, so this is a major…
unlabelledView post →Along those lines, watching Sea of Love (1989). Another movie I can’t believe I’ve never heard of. Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman. Serial killer targeting men through want ads. Sexually charged late 80s cinema.
unlabelledView post →Media Diary 1/5/25 MOVIES - Sea of Love (1989) TV - Mad Men S5E7 (2012) 🔄 BOOKS - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) - STARTED! YOUTUBE - Patrick Willems: “The Most Important Movie of the 21st Century” (2025) COMICS - Ka-Zar the Savage #6 (1981) - Thor #311 - Incredible Hulk #263
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