# City by the Sea (2002)

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**Runtime**: 108 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama, Mystery
**Directed by**: Michael Caton-Jones
**Written by**: Ken Hixon
**Starring**: Robert De Niro, Frances McDormand, James Franco, Eliza Dushku, William Forsythe, Patti LuPone

> *When you're searching for a killer... the last suspect you want to see is your son.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Foggy coastal dawn a siren blares 
a detective's troubled past converges with his son's 
a dark familial reckoning unfolds in 90s crime drama.

**Mood tags**: gut-punch, raw, tender

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