| One Missed Call | Éric Valette | horror film, ghost film |
| Tales from Earthsea | Gorō Miyazaki | fantasy anime and manga, fantasy film, high fantasy |
| Koizora | Natsuki Imai | romance film, teen film, drama film |
| Ratatouille | Jan Pinkava, Brad Bird | coming-of-age film, flashback film, buddy film, comedy drama |
| Silk | François Girard | drama film |
| Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai | Kunihiko Yuyama | drama film, family film, fantasy film, comedy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure | Yasuichiro Yamamoto | mystery film, pirate film, police film, adventure film |
| The Battery | Yōjirō Takita | sport film |
 Children of Men | Alfonso Cuarón | drama film, post-apocalyptic film, tech noir, dystopian film, thriller film, speculative fiction film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Tada, Kimi o Aishiteru | Takehiko Shinjō | romance film, drama film |
| Paprika | Satoshi Kon | psychological thriller film, cyberpunk, thriller film, science fiction film |
| Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society | Kenji Kamiyama | science fiction film |
| The Blossoming of Kamiya Etsuko | Kazuo Kuroki | war film |
| Marie Antoinette | Sofia Coppola | drama film, biographical film |
| Naked Continent | — | pornographic film |
 Silent Hill | Christophe Gans | monster film, fantasy film, horror film, psychological horror fiction |
| Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari | Tatsuya Egawa | — |
| The Great Yokai War | Takashi Miike | fantasy film, children's film |
| One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island | Mamoru Hosoda | comedy film, action film, horror film, thriller film, adventure film |
 The Grudge | Takashi Shimizu | monster film, action film, horror film, ghost film |
| Nobody Knows | Hirokazu Kore-eda | drama film |
| Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky | Yasuichiro Yamamoto | mystery film, adventure film, crime film |
| Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | comedy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film |
 Spirited Away | Hayao Miyazaki | coming-of-age film, drama film, fantasy anime and manga, fantasy film, children's film, supernatural film, isekai |
| Gun Crazy 3: Traitor's Rhapsody | Atsushi Muroga | girls with guns |
| The Cat Returns | Hiroyuki Morita | coming-of-age film, drama film, drama anime and manga, fantasy anime and manga, adventure anime and manga, fantasy film, children's film |
| Pokémon Heroes | Kunihiko Yuyama | fantasy film, action film, thriller film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Russian Ark | Alexander Sokurov | mystery film, fantasy film, ghost film, historical drama, experimental film |
| Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street | Kenji Kodama | mystery film, thriller film, adventure film, crime film |
| Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack | Shūsuke Kaneko | kaiju, monster film, fantasy film, science fiction film |
| The Tigger Movie | Jun Falkenstein | family film, buddy film, musical film, comedy drama |
| Cure | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | horror film, psychological horror fiction |
| The Jackal | Michael Caton-Jones | drama film, action film, spy film, thriller film, crime film |
| Jungle Emperor Leo | Yoshio Takeuchi | fantasy anime and manga |
| The Eel | Shohei Imamura | drama film |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth | Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki | mecha, science fiction film |
| Aladdin and the King of Thieves | Tad Stones | fantasy film, children's film, adventure film, fairy tale, musical film |
| Screamers | Christian Duguay | post-apocalyptic film, fantasy film, action film, horror film, dystopian film, thriller film, adventure film, war film, science fiction film |
| Dead Man | Jim Jarmusch | drama film, fantasy film, Western film, pritcha, independent film, acid Western, road movie |
| Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie | Hiroki Shibata | fantasy anime and manga, romance anime and manga, fantasy film, children's film |
| On Your Mark | Hayao Miyazaki | science fiction anime and manga |
| Spanking Love | Shōji Tanaka | pink film, drama film, pornographic film |
| 2112: The Birth of Doraemon | Yoshitomo Yonetani | adventure film |
| Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film |
| 3 Ninjas Kick Back | Charles T. Kanganis | martial arts film, comedy film, action comedy film, ninja film |
| Ocean Waves | Tomomi Mochizuki | romance film |
| Dragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | comedy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha! Love Comes from Penguin Village! | Mitsuo Hashimoto | — |