# List of Japanese films of 2009
## Highest-grossing films

| Rank | Title | Gross |
| 1 | Rookies: Graduation | ¥8.55 billion |
| 2 | Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life | ¥4.67 billion |
| 3 | 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption | ¥4.41 billion |
| 4 | Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance | ¥4.00 billion |
| 5 | Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess | ¥3.65 billion |

## List of films

A list of films produced in Japan in 2009 (see 2009 in film):
| Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 31 January | 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa, Airi Taira | Science fiction, Mystery | Based on a manga |
| 29 August | 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa, Airi Taira | Science fiction, Mystery | Based on a manga |
| 14 May | Air Doll | Hirokazu Koreeda | Bae Doona, Arata, Itsuji Itao | Drama | Competed at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival |
| 18 July | Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess | Hiroshi Nishitani | Yūji Oda, Yūki Amami, Erika Toda | Mystery | |
| 9 May | April Bride | Ryuichi Hiroki | Nana Eikura, Eita | Drama | |
| 18 July | Arceus Chōkoku no Jikū e | Kunihiko Yuyama | Rica Matsumoto, Megumi Toyoguchi, Yūji Ueda | Anime | |
| 7 February | Asahiyama Zoo Story- Penguins in the Sky | Masahiko Makino | Nishida Toshiyuki, Nakamura Osamu Sun, Maeda Megumi, Takashi Sasano, etc. | Drama | Based on real events |
| 14 March | Beauty | Toshio Gotō | Takataro Kataoka, Ainosuke Kataoka, Kumiko Asō | Drama | Entered into the 31st Moscow International Film Festival |
| 1 May | Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Warship | Osamu Kaneda | Dori Sakurada, Takuya Mizoguchi, Ruka Sawaki | Tokusatsu | |
| 11 April | Crows Zero 2 | Takashi Miike | Shun Oguri, Shunsuke Daitō, Suzunosuke Tanaka | Action | |
| 24 January | Engine Sentai Go-onger vs. Gekiranger | Satoshi Morota | Yasuhisa Furuhara, Shinwa Kataoka, Rina Aizawa, Masahiro Usui, Kenji Ebisawa, Akiko Nakagawa, Hidenori Tokuyama, Yumi Sugimoto, Nao Oikawa, Hiroki Suzuki, Mina Fukui, Manpei Takagi, Riki Miura, Sotaro, Hirofumi Araki, Yuka Hirata, Naoki Kawano, Kazue Itoh | Tokusatsu | |
| 27 June | Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance | Hideaki Anno | Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yuko Miyamura | Anime | |
| 1 May | Goemon | Kazuaki Kiriya | Yōsuke Eguchi, Takao Osawa, Ryōko Hirosue | Action | |
| 11 July | Gokusen: The Movie | Tōya Satō | Yukie Nakama, Kazuya Kamenashi, Katsuhisa Namase, Yuya Takaki, Yuta Tamamori, Shun Oguri | Drama | |
| 8 May | Hotel Chelsea | Jorge Valdés-Iga | Nao Nagasawa, Justin Morck, Hiro Masuda, Sawa Suzuki, Anthony Laurent | Thriller | |
| 24 October | I Give My First Love to You | Takehiko Shinjo | Mitsuru Komiyama, Mika Nakamura, Hiroyasu Murakami, Fumihiro Hirai, Fumihiro Hirai | Drama | Based on a manga |
| 10 October | Kaiji | Tōya Satō | Tatsuya Fujiwara, Yūki Amami | Drama | Based on a manga |
| 8 August | Kamen Rider Decade The Movie: All Riders vs. Great Shocker | Osamu Kaneda | Masahiro Inoue, Ryouta Murai, Kanna Mori | Tokusatsu | |
| 12 December | Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 | Ryuta Tasaki | Renn Kiriyama, Masaki Suda, Hikaru Yamamoto | Tokusatsu | |
| 19 September | Kamui Gaiden | Yōichi Sai | Ken'ichi Maysuyama, Koyuki | Action | |
| 10 October | Kuhio taisa | Daihachi Yoshida | Masato Sakai, Sakura Ando | Drama | |
| 12 December | Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie | Koichi Sakamoto | Susumu Kurobe, Kohji Moritsugu, Shunji Igarashi | Tokusatsu | |
| 20 June | Mt. Tsurugidake | Daisaku Kimura | Tadanobu Asano, Teruyuki Kagawa, Aoi Miyazaki | Drama | |
| 1 August | Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire | Masahiko Murata | Junko Takeuchi, Kazuhiko Inoue, Satoshi Hino | Anime | |
| 17 January | Pride | Shusuke Kaneko | Stephanie | Drama | Based on a manga |
| 10 April | Saikin-rettou | Kenji Murakami | Naoto Takenaka | Comedy | |
| 15 June | Samurai Princess | Kengo Kaji | Aino Kishi, Dai Mizuno | Gore film | |
| 8 August | Samurai Sentai Shinkenger The Movie: The Fateful War | Shōjirō Nakazawa | Tori Matsuzaka, Hiroki Aiba, Rin Takanashi | Tokusatsu | |
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| 17 October | The Shock Labyrinth 3D | Takashi Shimizu | Yūya Yagira, Misako Renbutsu, Ryo Katsuji | Horror | |
| 12 December | Snow Prince | Joji Matsuoka | Shintaro Morimoto, Tadanobu Asano, Teruyuki Kagawa, Rei Dan, Katsuo Nakamura, Maiko, Gaku Yamamoto, Keiko Kishi | Drama | Based on a Classic Story |
| 25 April | Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann the Movie: Spiral Stone Chapter | Hiroyuki Imaishi | | Anime | |
| 7 November | Tenshi no Koi | Yuri Kanchiku | Nozomi Sasaki Shosuke Tanihara | Romance | Based on a cell phone novel |
| 26 June | Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl | Yoshihiro Nishimura, Naoyuki Tomomatsu | Yukie Kawamura, Eri Otoguro | Horror | Based on a manga |
| 7 March | Yatterman | Takashi Miike | Sho Sakurai, Saki Fukuda, Kyoko Fukada | Action | |
| 23 December | Yona Yona Penguin | Rintaro | | Anime | |
| 10 January | Zen | Banmei Takahashi | Kankuro Nakamura, Yuki Uchida | Historical | |