Sea of Love is a 1989 American neo-noir romantic thriller film directed by Harold Becker, written by Richard Price, and starring Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin and John Goodman. The story concerns a New York City detective (Pacino) trying to catch a serial killer who finds victims through the singles column in a newspaper. The film is inspired by Price's 1978 novel Ladies' Man, though it does not credit the novel as source material. It was Pacino's first film after a four-year hiatus following the critical and commercial failure of Revolution.