| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| 10 Promises to My Dog | | | Drama | |
| 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End | | | | Based on a manga |
| Achilles and the Tortoise | | | | |
| | 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 The DiamondDust Rebellion |
| Us vs the police:700 day war | Renpei Tsukamoto | | 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 | | Masahiro Motoki | | Won best foreign film in the 2009 Academy Awards |
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| Doraemon Movie: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend | | | | |
| Noboru Takemoto | | | |
| Flowers in the Shadows | | | Drama | Based on a novel |
| Hana yori Dango Final | | | Romance | Based on a manga |
| Happy Flight | Shinobu Yaguchi | Seiichi Tanabe, Saburō Tokitō, Haruka Ayase | | |
| The Homeless Student | | | | |
| The Monster X Strikes Back | Minoru Kawasaki | Natsuki Katō, Kazuki Kato, Takeshi Kitano | Comedy | |
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| Kurosagi | | | | |
| | | | Death Note films Spin-off |
| Love Exposure | | | | Japanese |
| The Machine Girl | Noboru Iguchi | Minase Yashiro, Asami, Ryōsuke Kawamura | Horror, action comedy | |
| Kamegaki Hajime | | | |
| One Piece the Movie: Episode of Chopper: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Sakura | | | | Series creator Eiichirō Oda took part in screenwriting |
| Orochi | | Yoshino Kimura, Noriko Nakagoshi, Mitsuki Tanimura | | Based on a manga |
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| Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea | Hayao Miyazaki | | | |
| Pyū to Fuku! Jaguar - The Movie | Makkoi Saitō | | | 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 | | | Comedy | Inspired by the 2001 Hong Kong film Shaolin Soccer |
| Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers | | | 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 | | | |
| The Taste of Fish | Shingo Matsubara | | 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 | |
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