| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | - |
| 10 Promises to My Dog | Katsuhide Motoki | Rena Tanaka, Mayuko Fukuda, Etsushi Toyokawa | Drama | | - |
| 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa | Science fiction, Mystery | Based on a manga | - |
| Achilles and the Tortoise | Takeshi Kitano | Beat Takeshi | | | - |
| ' | Noriyuki Abe | Voices of Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Kentarō Itō | Supernatural/action/anime | Based on a manga/anime series created by Tite Kubo/Sequel to ' | - |
| Us vs the police:700 day war | Renpei Tsukamoto | Ichihara Hayato | Comedy | | |
| Cafe Isobe | Keisuke Yoshida | Hiroyuki Miyasako, Riisa Naka, Kumiko Asō, Mari Hamada | | | - |
| Cruel Restaurant | Koji Kawano | Mihiro, Sakae Yamazaki | Erotic horror | Released with unrated edition | - |
| Cyborg She | Kwak Jae Young | Keisuke Koide, Haruka Ayase | Science Fiction, Time travel | | - |
| Deep Sea Monster Reigo | Shinpei Hayashiya | Taiyo Sugiura, Mai Nanami, Yukijiro Hotaru | | | - |
| Departures | Yōjirō Takita | Masahiro Motoki | | Won best foreign film in the 2009 Academy Awards | - |
| ' | | Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Akira Kamiya | | | - |
| Doraemon Movie: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend | | Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ōhara, Yumi Kakazu, Subaru Kimura, Tomokazu Seki | | | - |
| ' | Noboru Takemoto | Yasuhisa Furuhara, Shinwa Kataoka, Rina Aizawa, Masahiro Usui, Kenji Ebisawa, Nao Oikawa, Hidenori Tokuyama, Yumi Sugimoto | | | - |
| Flowers in the Shadows | Yuichiro Hirakawa | Junichi Okada, Aoi Miyazaki, Atsushi Itō, Aya Hirayama | Drama | Based on a novel | - |
| Hana yori Dango Final | | Mao Inoue, Jun Matsumoto, Shun Oguri, Shota Matsuda | Romance | Based on a manga | - |
| Happy Flight | Shinobu Yaguchi | Seiichi Tanabe, Saburō Tokitō, Haruka Ayase | Comedy | | - |
| The Homeless Student | Tomoyuki Furumaya | | | | - |
| The Monster X Strikes Back | Minoru Kawasaki | Natsuki Katō, Kazuki Kato, Takeshi Kitano | Comedy | | - |
| ' | Shimako Sato | Takeshi Kaneshiro | Action | | - |
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| Kurosagi | | Tomohisa Yamashita, Maki Horikita, Yui Ichikawa | Thriller | | - |
| ' | Hideo Nakata | Kenichi Matsuyama | | Death Note films Spin-off | - |
| Love Exposure | Shion Sono | Atsuro Watabe, Itsuji Itao, Mami Nakamura, Hikari Mitsushima, Takahiro Nishijima, Sakura Ando | romance, comedy, drama, Art House & international, action | Japanese | - |
| The Machine Girl | Noboru Iguchi | Minase Yashiro, Asami, Ryōsuke Kawamura | Horror, action comedy | | - |
| ' | Kamegaki Hajime | | | | - |
| ' | | Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Hirata, Ikue Ōtani, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Kazuki Yao | | Series creator Eiichirō Oda took part in screenwriting | - |
| ' | Norio Tsuruta | Yoshino Kimura, Noriko Nakagoshi, Mitsuki Tanimura | | Based on a manga | - |
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| Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea | Hayao Miyazaki | | Fantasy anime | | - |
| Pyū to Fuku! Jaguar - The Movie | Makkoi Saitō | Jun Kaname, Hiroaki Ogi, Mai Takahashi | Comedy, Musical | Live-Action film based on a manga | - |
| Sakigake!! Otokojuku | Tak Sakaguchi | Tak Sakaguchi, Shōei, Akaji Maro, Hideo Sakaki, Tetsushi Tanaka, Hiroyuki Onoue, Shintaro Yamada, Shun Sugata | | Live-Action film based on a manga | - |
| School Days with a Pig | Tetsu Maeda | Satoshi Tsumabuki, Mieko Harada, Tomoko Tabata | | Based on a true event | - |
| Shaolin Girl | Katsuyuki Motohiro | Kou Shibasaki, Toru Nakamura, Kitty Zhang Yuqi, Tin Kai Man, Lam Chi Chung, Takashi Okamura, Yōsuke Eguchi | Comedy | Inspired by the 2001 Hong Kong film Shaolin Soccer | - |
| Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers | Takeshi Yagi | Hiroshi Nagano | Comedy | This Has King Gesura King Pandon Super Alien Hipporit King Goldras King Silvergon Ultraman Tiga Ultraman Dyna Ultraman Gaia Ultraman Ultraseven Ultraman Jack Ultraman Ace Ultraman Mebius and Giga Chimera | - |
| A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies | Ryuichi Inomata | Eiichiro Funakoshi, Akiko Matsumoto, Ryohei Hirota | | | - |
| The Taste of Fish | Shingo Matsubara | Takao Osawa, Rena Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Yoko Moriguchi, Shiro Ito, Akira Emoto | Drama | Based on a manga | - |
| Tokyo Gore Police | Yoshihiro Nishimura | Itsuji Itao, Camille LaBry, Shōko Nakahara | Action, Horror | | - |
| Tokyo Sonata | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyōko Koizumi | Drama | | - |
| Yūzō Asahara | Toshiyuki Nishida, Miyoko Asada | | - | - |
