

Plainclothes
Everyone has a secret.
In 1990s New York, an undercover police officer receives an assignment to lure and arrest gay men. However, he's surprised to discover a scintillating connection with one of his targets. As their secret connection deepens and internal pressure to deliver arrests intensifies, he finds himself torn between duty and desire.
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- Language
- English
- entrapment
- ex-girlfriend
- based on true story
- death of father
- grief
- undercover cop
- sexual confusion
- mall
- lgbt
- sting operation
- shame
- hookup
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival26 Jan 2025
- PremiereNewFest 31 May 2025
- PremiereProvincetown International Film Festival 12 Jun 2025
- PremiereFrameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival19 Jun 2025
- PremiereFilmOut San Diego23 Aug 2025
- PremiereSidewalk Film Festival24 Aug 2025
- Theatrical (limited)19 Sept 2025
- Digital / OTT4 Nov 2025
United KingdomGB
- PremiereSXSW: London5 Jun 2025
- Theatrical1510 Oct 2025
AustraliaAU
- PremiereQueer Screen Film Fest27 Aug 2025
- PremiereNew Farm Queer Film Festival12 Oct 2025
- PremiereAdelaide Film Festival19 Oct 2025
- PremiereMelbourne Queer Film Festival23 Nov 2025
- PremiereMardi Gras Film Festival15 Feb 2026
- PremiereGeelong Pride Film Festival2 May 2026
BelgiumBE
- PremiereOstend Film Festival1 Feb 2026
BrazilBR
- Digital / OTT16VOD16 Mar 2026
FranceFR
- PremiereFestival Chéries Chéris23 Nov 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1615 Jan 2026
IndonesiaID
- Theatrical (limited)Special Screening22 Nov 2025
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1610 Oct 2025
IsraelIL
- PremiereJerusalem Film Festival19 Jul 2025
- TheatricalTLVfest 202527 Oct 2025
ItalyIT
- PremiereNOAM Faenza Film Festival14 Nov 2025
MexicoMX
- PremiereSundance Film Festival CDMX29 May 2025
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Plainclothes was released on 26 January 2025.
Audience reviews
3- B
Brent Marchant
9/20/2025
The LGBTQ+ community has made remarkable strides in terms of acceptance over the past five decades, a far cry from the conditions that were in place years ago. However, despite this progress, community members from various personal backgrounds and those working in certain professions have struggled with their comfort levels when it comes to being open about themselves. They have been unable or unwilling to step forwa…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
11/7/2025
Following the murder of two young girls who refused to give their killer oral sex, the authorities decide that this is a reasonable excuse to clamp down on cottaging in the gents toilets of a mall. That’s where officer “Lucas” (Tom Blyth) is put to work. He’s the handsome lure to attract gentlemen into unzipping when they probably wished they hadn’t, before they are led away in handcuffs for prosecution. Then one shi…
- T7/10
tmdb35409584
1/11/2026
The opening of this film, of a young man cruising in a mall, quickly establishes the setting and decade and set me on edge whether or not I thought this film was going to "do something." The movie is shot on film and in a 4:3 ratio, interspersed with footage recorded on other kinds of film and cameras—the effect is disorienting. From the start, there is a sense of surveillance, communicated through both the main …
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