| Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior | Kunihiko Yuyama | action anime and manga, adventure anime and manga |
| Like a Dragon | Takashi Miike | drama film, action film, crime film |
| Aibō the Movie | Seiji Izumi | action film, buddy film |
| One Missed Call | Éric Valette | horror film, ghost film |
| L: Change the World | Hideo Nakata | thriller film |
| Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion | Noriyuki Abe | fantasy film, action film, adventure film |
| Tales from Earthsea | Gorō Miyazaki | fantasy anime and manga, fantasy film, high fantasy |
| Ratatouille | Jan Pinkava, Brad Bird | coming-of-age film, flashback film, buddy film, comedy drama |
| Silk | François Girard | drama film |
| The Battery | Yōjirō Takita | sport film |
| Dōbutsu no Mori | Jōji Shimura | comedy film, adventure film |
| Adiantum Blue | Meiji Fujita | — |
| Nada Sōsō | Nobuhiro Doi | romance film |
| Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society | Kenji Kamiyama | science fiction film |
| Oyayubi Sagashi | Naoto Kumazawa | — |
| Valley of Flowers | Pan Nalin | romance film, drama film, fantasy film, adventure film |
| The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift | Justin Lin | action film, crime thriller film |
| Death Note | Shūsuke Kaneko | drama film, detective film |
| Silent Hill | Christophe Gans | monster film, fantasy film, horror film, psychological horror fiction |
| 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 |
| Godzilla: Final Wars | Ryuhei Kitamura | action film, crossover fiction, alien invasion, adventure film, science fiction film |
| The Hidden Blade | Yōji Yamada | drama film, samurai cinema, action film |
| Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys | Kunihiko Yuyama | drama film, fantasy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky | Yasuichiro Yamamoto | mystery film, adventure film, crime film |
| Zatōichi | Takeshi Kitano | drama film, action film |
| Tokyo Godfathers | Satoshi Kon | adventure anime and manga, comedy drama anime and manga, LGBTQ-related film, Christmas film, animated film with LGBT character(s) |
| Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | comedy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem | Leiji Matsumoto | adventure anime and manga, science fiction film, musical film |
| Pokémon: Jirachi, Wish Maker | Kunihiko Yuyama | drama film, family film, fantasy film, comedy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Owl | Kaneto Shindō | mystery film |
| Spirited Away | Hayao Miyazaki | coming-of-age film, drama film, fantasy anime and manga, fantasy film, children's film, supernatural film, isekai |
| Pokémon Heroes | Kunihiko Yuyama | fantasy film, action film, thriller film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack | Shūsuke Kaneko | kaiju, monster film, fantasy 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 |
| Ju-on | Takashi Shimizu | horror film |
| Luna Papa | Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov | tragicomedy, comedy drama |
| Doctor Slump: Arale's Surprise | — | — |
| Bent | Sean Mathias | drama film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Phantoms | Joe Chappelle | drama film, post-apocalyptic film, monster film, horror film, zombie film, science fiction film |
| Hana-bi | Takeshi Kitano | drama film, crime film |
| The Jackal | Michael Caton-Jones | drama film, action film, spy film, thriller film, crime film |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth | Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki | mecha, science fiction film |
| Napoleon | Mario Andreacchio | adventure film |
| Whisper of the Heart | Yoshifumi Kondō | coming-of-age film, love triangle romance, romance film, drama film, drama anime and manga, slice of life, adventure film |
| The 8-Tomb Village | Kon Ichikawa | — |
| Screamers | Christian Duguay | post-apocalyptic film, fantasy film, action film, horror film, dystopian film, thriller film, adventure film, war film, science fiction film |