| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| All About My Dog | | Yūki Amami, YosiYosi Arakawa | Drama | |
| Always Sanchōme no Yūhi | Takashi Yamazaki | Maki Horikita
Hidetaka Yoshioka | | Japan Academy Prize for Best Film
Based on a manga |
| Azumi 2: Death or Love | Shusuke Kaneko | Aya Ueto, Yuma Ishigaki, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shun Oguri | Action, Samurai film | |
| Bashing | Masahiro Kobayashi | | Based on actual events | Entered into the 2005 Cannes Film Festival |
| Blind Love | Daisuke Gotō | Konatsu, Yōta Kawase | Pink | Silver Prize, Pink Grand Prix |
| Crayon Shin-chan: Buri Buri 3 Minutes Charg | | | Anime | |
| CUSTOM MADE 10.30 | Hajime Ishimine(ANIKI) | Kaela Kimura, Erika Saiemon, Tamio Okuda, Kenichi Matsuyama, Susumu Terajima, Ryō Kase, Mickey Curtis, Yoshiko Miyazaki | Comedy, Music |
| Dekaranger vs. Abaranger | | | Action, Super Sentai | |
| Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths | | | Anime | |
| Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa | | | Anime | |
| For Every Fukui Revolution | Yoichiro Morikawa | Kanji Tsuda
Hiroshi Yamamoto | | |
| Frog Song | Shinji Imaoka | Konatsu
Rinako Hirasawa | Pink | Best Film, Pink Grand Prix |
| Funky Forest | Katsuhito Ishii | Tadanobu Asano
Susumu Terajima | Comedy |
| The Great Yokai War | Takashi Miike | | Fantasy | |
| Itsuka dokusho suruhi | Akira Ogata | Yūko Tanaka, Ittoku Kishibe | | |
| Kamataki | Claude Gagnon | Matthew Smiley, Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki | Drama | Canada-Japan coproduction |
| Kamen Rider Hibiki & The Seven Senki | | | Action / Superhero | |
| Kamen Rider the First | | | Action / Superhero | Remake of the original Kamen Rider |
| Konjiki no Gash Bell!!: Attack of the Mechavulcan | | | Anime | |
| Linda Linda Linda | Nobuhiro Yamashita | Bae Doona, Aki Maeda, Yu Kashii, Shiori Sekine | | |
| Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean | Shinji Higuchi | | | |
| Magiranger vs. Dekaranger | | | | |
| Memoirs of a Geisha | Rob Marshall | Zhang Ziyi
Ken Watanabe
Michelle Yeoh
Kōji Yakusho
Youki Kudoh
Kaori Momoi
Gong Li | Epic period drama | |
| Miss Peach: Peachy Sweetness Huge Breasts | Yumi Yoshiyuki | Yumika Hayashi
Sakurako Kaoru | Pink romantic comedy | Yumika Hayashi's last film |
| My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? | Shinji Aoyama | | Drama | Screened at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival |
| Nana | Kentarō Ōtani | Aoi Miyazaki
Mika Nakashima | Manga; Drama | |
| Naruto the Movie 2: Great Clash! The Illusionary Ruins at the Depths of the Earth | | | Anime | |
| Negadon: The Monster from Mars | | | | |
| Noriko's Dinner Table | | | | |
| One Piece the Movie: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island | | Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Hirata, Ikue Ōtani, Yuriko Yamaguchi | | |
| Otokotachi no Yamato | | | Historical; War | |
| Pacchigi! | Kazuyuki Izutsu | Erika Sawajiri, Shun Shioya | | |
| Poketto Monsutā Adobansu Jenerēshon Myū and the Wave Guiding Hero Rukario | | | Anime | |
| The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom | Itsuro Kawasaki | Miyu Irino, Yui Makino, Tetsu Inada, Daisuke Namikawa, Mika Kikuchi | Anime | Based on a manga |
| Princess Raccoon | Seijun Suzuki | Zhang Ziyi
Joe Odagiri | Musical fantasy | Screened at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival |
| Rinne | Takashi Shimizu | Yuka | Horror | |
| The Samurai I Loved | Mitsuo Kurotsuchi | | | Entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Sayonara Midori-chan | Tomoyuki Furumaya | | | |
| Shinobi: Heart Under Blade | | | | |
| Strange Circus | | | | |
| A Stranger of Mine | | | | |
| Summer Time Machine Blues |
| Tetsujin 28: The Movie | Shin Togashi | | | Based on a manga |
| The Prince of Tennis - The Two Samurai: The First Game | | | | |
| Tomie: Beginning | | | | |
| Tomie: Revenge | | | | |
| xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream | Tsutomu Mizushima | Jun Fukuyama, Sayaka Ohara | Anime | Based on a manga |
| Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims | | | | |
