# List of Japanese films of 2004
## Highest-grossing films

| Rank | Title | Gross |
| 1 | Crying Out Love in the Center of the World | ¥8.50 billion |
| 2 | Be with You | ¥4.80 billion |
| 3 | Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys | ¥4.38 billion |
| 4 | Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey | ¥3.05 billion |
| 5 | Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky | ¥2.80 billion |

## List of films

A list of films released in Japan in 2004 (see 2004 in film).
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 2LDK | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Maho Nonami | Thriller | |
| Appleseed | Shinji Aramaki | | | |
| Abaranger vs. Hurricanger | | | | |
| Be with You | Nobuhiro Doi | Yūko Takeuchi, Shido Nakamura | Drama | |
| Beyblade: Fierce Battle | | | | |
| Casshern | Kazuaki Kiriya | Yusuke Iseya, Kumiko Asō, Toshiaki Karasawa | Science fiction | |
| Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Kasukabe Boys of the Evening Sun | Tsutomu Mizushima | | — | |
| Cutie Honey | Hideaki Anno | Eriko Sato, Mikako Ichikawa, Jun Murakami | Science fiction | |
| Dark Tales of Japan | Masayuki Ochiai, Norio Tsuruta, Takashi Shimizu, Yoshiro Nakamura, Koji Shiraishi | | Horror | Television film |
| Dead Leaves | Hiroyuki Imaishi | | | |
| Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky | Taiichiro Yamamoto | | — | |
| Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey | Tsutomu Shibayama | | — | |
| The Face of Jizo | Kazuo Kuroki | Rie Miyazawa, Yoshio Harada, Tadanobu Asano | Drama, History |
| Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | Mamoru Oshii | | Science fiction | |
| Godzilla: Final Wars | Ryuhei Kitamura | Masahiro Matsuoka, Rei Kikukawa, Kazuki Kitamura | Science fiction | |
| Half a Confession | Kiyoshi Sasabe | Akira Terao Mieko Harada | | Japan Academy Prize for Best Film |
| Hana and Alice | Shunji Iwai | Anne Suzuki, Yū Aoi, Tomohiro Kaku | — | |
| Howl's Moving Castle | Hayao Miyazaki | | Fantasy | |
| Infection | Masayuki Ochiai | Kōichi Satō, Michiko Hada, Yōko Maki | Horror | . |
| Inuyasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island | Toshiya Shinohara | | — | |
| Izo | Takashi Miike | Mickey Curtis, Daisaku Akino, Chisato Amate | Action | |
| Ju-Rei: The Uncanny | Koji Shiraishi | Chinatsu Wakatsuki, Miku Ueno, Eriko Ichinohe | Horror | |
| Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace | | | | |
| Kamikaze Girls | Tetsuya Nakashima | Kyoko Fukada, Anna Tsuchiya | Comedy | |
| Konjiki no Gash Bell!!: 101 Banme no Mamono | | | | |
| Lunch Box | Shinji Imaoka | Yumika Hayashi | Pink | Best Film, Pink Grand Prix |
| Mind Game | Masaaki Yuasa | | Fantasy | |
| Marebito | Takashi Shimizu | Shinya Tsukamoto, Tomomi Miyashita, Kazuhiro Nakahara | Horror | |
| Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow | Tensai Okamura | | | |
| Naruto - Konoha Sports Festival | Hayato Date | | | |
| Nin x Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun, the Movie | Masayuki Suzuki | Kazuyuki Asano, Mikihisa Azuma, Yuri Chinen | | |
| Nobody Knows | Hirokazu Koreeda | Yūya Yagira | Drama | |
| One Piece the Movie: Curse of the Sacred Sword | | | | |
| Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys | Kunihiko Yuyama | | — | |
| Premonition | Tsuruta Norio | Hiroshi Mikami, Noriko Sakai, Hana Inoue | Horror | |
| Saint Seiya: Heaven Chapter ~ Overture | | | | |
| Steamboy | Katsuhiro Otomo | | Science fiction | |
| Survive Style 5+ | Gen Sekiguchi | Vinnie Jones, Tadanobu Asano, Reika Hashimoto | | |
| Swing Girls | Shinobu Yaguchi | Juri Ueno, Yuta Hiraoka, Shihori Kanjiya | Comedy | |
| The Taste of Tea | Katsuhito Ishii | | Comedy-drama | |
| Three... Extremes | Fruit Chan, Takashi Miike, Park Chan-wook | Miriam Yeung, Lee Byung-hun, Kyōko Hasegawa | Horror | Hong Kong-South Korean-Japanese co-production |
| Tony Takitani | Jun Ichikawa | Issey Ogata, Rie Miyazawa, Takahumi Shinohara | Drama | |
| Ultraman: The Next | Kazuya Konaka | | | |
| Vital | Shinya Tsukamoto | Tadanobu Asano, Nami Tsukamoto | Drama | |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light | Hatsuki Tsuji | | | American-Japanese co-production |
| Zebraman | Takashi Miike | Atsuro Watabe, Teruyoshi Uchimura, Yui Ichikawa | Comedy | |