| Castle in the Sky | Hayao Miyazaki | coming-of-age film, romance film, fantasy film, action film, children's film, adventure film, mecha, science fiction film, anti-war film |
| Noh Mask Murders | Kon Ichikawa | mystery film |
| Ju Dou | Yang Fengliang, Zhang Yimou | romance film, drama film |
| Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest | Daisuke Nishio | comedy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Mystery Train | Jim Jarmusch | drama film, comedy film, crime film |
| Black Rain | Ridley Scott | suspense film, drama film, action film, thriller film, buddy cop film |
| Grave of the Fireflies | Isao Takahata | coming-of-age film, drama film, drama anime and manga, flashback film, ghost film, anti-war film |
| Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone | Daisuke Nishio | martial arts film, comedy film, action film, adventure film |
| Tampopo | Jūzō Itami | comedy film |
| Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice | Akio Jissōji | pink film |
| Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack | Yoshiyuki Tomino | mecha, military science fiction |
| The Foxes of Chironup Island | Seiji Arihara | — |
| Hachiko Monogatari | Seijirō Kōyama | drama film, family film |
| Saint Seiya: The Movie | Kōzō Morishita | fantasy film, action film, adventure film |
| Sukeban Deka The Movie | Hideo Tanaka | action film |
| The Adventures of Milo and Otis | Masanori Hata | drama film, comedy film, children's film, adventure film |
| Ran | Akira Kurosawa | drama film, war film |
| Love Hotel | Shinji Sōmai | pink film, pornographic film |
| Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | Hayao Miyazaki | post-apocalyptic film, fantasy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film, anti-war film |
| Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Nagisa Ōshima | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, Christmas film, prison film |
| Miyuki | Kazuyuki Izutsu | romantic comedy film, drama film |
| Empire of Passion | Nagisa Ōshima | drama film, horror film |
| Theater of Life | Kinji Fukasaku, Junya Satō, Sadao Nakajima | — |
| Highschool Scramble | Yūsuke Watanabe | teen film |
| Cloistered Nun: Runa's Confession | Masaru Konuma | pink film, nunsploitation, erotic film |
| Woman of Tokyo | Yasujirō Ozu | drama film, silent film |
| Doraemon: The Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer | Hideo Nishimaki | — |
| Onna kyōshi: yogoreta hōkago | Kichitarō Negishi | pink film, drama film |
| Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur | Hiroshi Fukutomi | science fiction |
| Rape Ceremony | Kichitarō Negishi | pink film |
| Angel Guts | — | exploitation film, pink film |
| Talk of the Town Tora-san | Yōji Yamada | comedy film |
| Akuma no temari-uta | Kon Ichikawa | — |
| Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla | Jun Fukuda | kaiju, fantasy film, horror film, alien invasion, science fiction film, mecha |
| Gekitotsu! Wakadaishō | Tsugunobu Kotani | ice hockey film |
| Puss 'n Boots Travels Around the World | Hiroshi Shidara | anime, fantasy anime and manga, adventure anime and manga |
| Cruelty: Black Rose Torture | Katsuhiko Fujii | pink film, pornographic film |
| Gokudo VS Mamushi | Sadao Nakajima | — |
| Lupin III: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy | Takashi Tsuboshima | adventure film |
| Ichijo's Wet Lust | Tatsumi Kumashiro | pink film, drama film |
| Godzilla vs. Gigan | Jun Fukuda | kaiju, action film, horror film, alien invasion, science fiction film |
| Shinjuku outlaw: Step On the Gas | Toshiya Fujita | — |
| Tomorrows Joe 1970 | Yasuharu Hasebe | — |
| Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island | Hiroshi Inagaki | drama film, historical film, action film, adventure film, Jidaigeki, biographical film |
| Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple | Jun Fukuda, Hiroshi Inagaki | drama film, Jidaigeki |
| Ōoku Maruhi Monogatari | Sadao Nakajima | erotic film |
| King Kong Escapes | Ishirō Honda | kaiju, fantasy film, horror film, speculative fiction film, science fiction film |
| Scandal | Akira Kurosawa | drama film |