| Koizora | Natsuki Imai | romance film, teen film, drama film |
| Switching: Goodbye Me | Nobuhiko Obayashi | — |
| The Battery | Yōjirō Takita | sport film |
| Nada Sōsō | Nobuhiro Doi | romance film |
| Valley of Flowers | Pan Nalin | romance film, drama film, fantasy film, adventure film |
| Death Note | Shūsuke Kaneko | drama film, detective film |
| Marie Antoinette | Sofia Coppola | drama film, biographical film |
| Silent Hill | Christophe Gans | monster film, fantasy film, horror film, psychological horror fiction |
| Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem | Yasuichiro Yamamoto | mystery film, action film, thriller film, adventure film, crime film |
| Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew | Kunihiko Yuyama | drama film, family film, fantasy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths | Yasuichiro Yamamoto | mystery film, adventure film, crime film |
| The Hidden Blade | Yōji Yamada | drama film, samurai cinema, action film |
| Mind Game | Masaaki Yuasa | comedy anime and manga, comedy film |
| Steamboy | Katsuhiro Otomo | adventure anime and manga, science fiction film, steampunk film |
| Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky | Yasuichiro Yamamoto | mystery film, adventure film, crime film |
| One Missed Call | Takashi Miike | horror film, ghost film |
| Inuyasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler | Toshiya Shinohara | time-travel film, fantasy film, action film |
| Zatōichi | Takeshi Kitano | drama film, action film |
| Gun Crazy 3: Traitor's Rhapsody | Atsushi Muroga | girls with guns |
| Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital | Kenji Kodama | mystery film, adventure film, crime film |
| Case Closed: The Time Bombed Skyscraper | Kenji Kodama | mystery film, adventure film, crime film |
| Beyblade: Fierce Battle | Yoshio Takeuchi | adventure film |
| Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street | Kenji Kodama | mystery film, thriller film, adventure film, crime film |
| Pokémon 4Ever | Kunihiko Yuyama | children's film, adventure film |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Hironobu Sakaguchi | post-apocalyptic film, fantasy film, action film, science fiction film |
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | Simon West | fantasy film, girls with guns, action film, treasure hunt film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Trouble Every Day | Claire Denis | drama film, horror film, erotic film |
| Wonder Boys | Curtis Hanson | drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Digimon: The Movie | Shigeyasu Yamauchi, Mamoru Hosoda | action film |
| Uzumaki | Andrey Higchinsky | fantasy film, horror film |
| Case Closed: Captured in Her Eyes | Kenji Kodama | mystery film, adventure film, crime film |
| The Tigger Movie | Jun Falkenstein | family film, buddy film, musical film, comedy drama |
| The Jackal | Michael Caton-Jones | drama film, action film, spy film, thriller film, crime film |
| Memories | Kōji Morimoto, Katsuhiro Otomo, Tensai Okamura | fantasy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth | Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki | mecha, science fiction film |
| Napoleon | Mario Andreacchio | adventure film |
| Godzilla vs. Destoroyah | Takao Okawara | kaiju, fantasy film, science fiction film |
| On Your Mark | Hayao Miyazaki | science fiction anime and manga |
| 2112: The Birth of Doraemon | Yoshitomo Yonetani | adventure film |
| Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla | Kenshō Yamashita | kaiju, fantasy film, science fiction film |
| Ocean Waves | Tomomi Mochizuki | romance film |
| Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo!! Follow the Rescued Shark... | Mitsuo Hashimoto | anime film |
| Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha! Clear Skies Over Penguin Village | Yukio Kaizawa | — |
| Chaplin | Richard Attenborough | drama film, tragicomedy, biographical film, comedy drama |
| Porco Rosso | Hayao Miyazaki | fantasy anime and manga, adventure anime and manga, fantasy film, adventure film |
| Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler | Daisuke Nishio | comedy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah | Kazuki Ōmori | kaiju, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Point Break | Kathryn Bigelow | sport film, action film, thriller film, heist film, buddy cop film, surf film, crime film |