| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Carranger vs. Ohranger | | | | |
| Cat's Eye | Kaizo Hayashi | Yuki Uchida, Izumi Inamori, Norika Fujiwara | | |
| Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Dark Tama Tama | | | Anime | - |
| Cure | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Kōji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa | Thriller | |
| Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper | | | | |
| The Eel | Shohei Imamura | | | Won the Palme d'Or at Cannes |
| The End of Evangelion | Hideaki Anno | | Anime | Finale to the TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion. Won the Animage Anime Grand Prix, Japanese Academy Prize for "Best Sensation," and "Anime Choice Award" at Animation Kobe. |
| Evangelion: Death and Rebirth | Hideaki Anno | | Anime | Clip show of episodes 1-24 of the TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion, followed by 27 minutes of a draft of The End of Evangelion. |
| Fireworks | Takeshi Kitano | | | |
| I Thought About You | Yukio Kitazawa | Yōta Kawase | Gay Pink | Pink Grand Prix, Best Film |
| Magunichuudo - ashita heno kakehashi | Hiroshi Sugawara | Kumie Tanaka, Naoto Ogata, Hiroko Yakushimaru | Drama | |
| Moonlight Serenade | Masahiro Shinoda | | | Entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Parasite Eve | Masayuki Ochiai | Hiroshi Mikami, Riona Hazuki, Tomoko Nakajima | | |
| Perfect Blue | Satoshi Kon | | Mystery, thriller | Animated film |
| Princess Mononoke | | | Fantasy, adventure | Animated film |
| Rainy Dog | Takashi Miike | Show Aikawa | Crime | |
| Rebirth of Mothra II | Kunie Miyoshi | Megumi Kobayashi, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Aki Hano | Science fiction | |
| Rurouni Kenshin: Ishin Shishi no Requiem | | | | |
| School Ghost Stories 3 | Shusuke Kaneko | Naomi Nishida, Hitomi Kuroki, Hideki Noda | | |
| Sharan Q no enka no hanamichi | Yōjirō Takita | Tsunku, Hatake, Takanori Jinnai | Comedy | |
| Tekken: The Motion Picture | | | | Animated |
| Tokyo Biyori | Naoto Takenaka | Naoto Takenaka, Miho Nakayama, Yakako Matsu | Comedy-drama | |
| Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald | Koki Mitani | Jun inoue, Yasukiyo Umeno, Kaoru Okunuki | Comedy | |
| Woman of the Police Protection Programme | Juzo Itami | Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Nishimura, Takehiro Murata | | |