Magnolia Pictures Releases Official Trailer, Poster For Sundance Hit PLAINCLOTHES

Magnolia Pictures has dropped the official trailer and poster for their upcoming drama thriller PLAINCLOTHES, which will launch in US theaters on September 19th, 2025. The film world premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

Plainclothes is written and directed by Carmen Emmi and stars Russell Tovey, Tom Blyth, Amy Forsyth, Christian Cooke, Maria Dizzia, and John Bedford Lloyd.

Syracuse, 1997. Promising undercover police officer Lucas (Tom Blyth) is dealing with a breakup and the recent loss of his father. When he receives an assignment to lure and arrest gay men in a mall bathroom, he is surprised to discover a scintillating connection with Andrew (Russell Tovey), one of his targets.

As their secret connection deepens and internal pressure to deliver arrests intensifies, Lucas finds himself torn between duty and desire. At his mother’s New Year’s Eve party, Lucas loses a letter no one was ever meant to read. With time running out and his secret life closing in around him, the evening builds towards an explosive reckoning where everything he’s buried threatens to erupt.

You can find the release date on our In Theaters calendar. Check out the new trailer and poster below.