# List of Japanese films of 2008
## Highest-grossing films

| Rank | Title | Gross |
| 1 | Ponyo | ¥15.5 billion |
| 2 | Boys Over Flowers: Final | ¥7.75 billion |
| 3 | Suspect X | ¥4.92 billion |
| 4 | Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior | ¥4.80 billion |
| 5 | AIBOU: The Movie | ¥4.44 billion |

## List of films

A list of films produced in Japan in 2008 (see 2008 in film).
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 10 Promises to My Dog | Katsuhide Motoki | Rena Tanaka, Mayuko Fukuda, Etsushi Toyokawa | Drama | |
| 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa | Science fiction, Mystery | Based on a manga |
| Achilles and the Tortoise | Takeshi Kitano | Beat Takeshi | | |
| Bleach: Fade to Black | Noriyuki Abe | Voices of Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Kentarō Itō | Supernatural/action/anime | Based on a manga/anime series created by Tite Kubo/Sequel to The DiamondDust Rebellion |
| Us vs the police:700 day war | Renpei Tsukamoto | Ichihara Hayato | Comedy | |
| Cafe Isobe | Keisuke Yoshida | Hiroyuki Miyasako, Riisa Naka, Kumiko Asō, Mari Hamada | | |
| Cruel Restaurant | Koji Kawano | Mihiro, Sakae Yamazaki | Erotic horror | Released with unrated edition |
| Cyborg She | Kwak Jae Young | Keisuke Koide, Haruka Ayase | Science fiction, Time travel | |
| Deep Sea Monster Reigo | Shinpei Hayashiya | Taiyo Sugiura, Mai Nanami, Yukijiro Hotaru | | |
| Departures | Yōjirō Takita | Masahiro Motoki | | Won best foreign film in the 2009 Academy Awards |
| Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear | | Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Akira Kamiya | | |
| Doraemon Movie: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend | | Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ōhara, Yumi Kakazu, Subaru Kimura, Tomokazu Seki | | |
| Engine Sentai Go-onger: Boom Boom! Bang Bang! GekijōBang!! | Noboru Takemoto | Yasuhisa Furuhara, Shinwa Kataoka, Rina Aizawa, Masahiro Usui, Kenji Ebisawa, Nao Oikawa, Hidenori Tokuyama, Yumi Sugimoto | | |
| Flowers in the Shadows | Yuichiro Hirakawa | Junichi Okada, Aoi Miyazaki, Atsushi Itō, Aya Hirayama | Drama | Based on a novel |
| Hana yori Dango Final | | Mao Inoue, Jun Matsumoto, Shun Oguri, Shota Matsuda | Romance | Based on a manga |
| Happy Flight | Shinobu Yaguchi | Seiichi Tanabe, Saburō Tokitō, Haruka Ayase | Comedy | |
| The Homeless Student | Tomoyuki Furumaya | | | |
| The Monster X Strikes Back | Minoru Kawasaki | Natsuki Katō, Kazuki Kato, Takeshi Kitano | Comedy | |
| K-20: Legend of the Mask | Shimako Sato | Takeshi Kaneshiro | Action | |
| Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka | | | | |
| Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World | | | | |
| Kurosagi | | Tomohisa Yamashita, Maki Horikita, Yui Ichikawa | Thriller | |
| L: Change the WorLd | Hideo Nakata | Kenichi Matsuyama | | Death Note films Spin-off |
| Love Exposure | Shion Sono | Atsuro Watabe, Itsuji Itao, Mami Nakamura, Hikari Mitsushima, Takahiro Nishijima, Sakura Ando | romance, comedy, drama, Art House & international, action | Japanese |
| The Machine Girl | Noboru Iguchi | Minase Yashiro, Asami, Ryōsuke Kawamura | Horror, action comedy | |
| Naruto Shippūden 2: Bonds | Kamegaki Hajime | | | |
| One Piece the Movie: Episode of Chopper: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Sakura | | Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Hirata, Ikue Ōtani, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Kazuki Yao | | Series creator Eiichirō Oda took part in screenwriting |
| Orochi | Norio Tsuruta | Yoshino Kimura, Noriko Nakagoshi, Mitsuki Tanimura | | Based on a manga |
| Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior | | | | |
| Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea | Hayao Miyazaki | | Fantasy anime | |
| Pyū to Fuku! Jaguar - The Movie | Makkoi Saitō | Jun Kaname, Hiroaki Ogi, Mai Takahashi | Comedy, Musical | Live-Action film based on a manga |
| Sakigake!! Otokojuku | Tak Sakaguchi | Tak Sakaguchi, Shōei, Akaji Maro, Hideo Sakaki, Tetsushi Tanaka, Hiroyuki Onoue, Shintaro Yamada, Shun Sugata | | Live-Action film based on a manga |
| School Days with a Pig | Tetsu Maeda | Satoshi Tsumabuki, Mieko Harada, Tomoko Tabata | | Based on a true event |
| Shaolin Girl | Katsuyuki Motohiro | Kou Shibasaki, Toru Nakamura, Kitty Zhang Yuqi, Tin Kai Man, Lam Chi Chung, Takashi Okamura, Yōsuke Eguchi | Comedy | Inspired by the 2001 Hong Kong film Shaolin Soccer |
| Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers | Takeshi Yagi | Hiroshi Nagano | Comedy | This Has King Gesura King Pandon Super Alien Hipporit King Goldras King Silvergon Ultraman Tiga Ultraman Dyna Ultraman Gaia Ultraman Ultraseven Ultraman Jack Ultraman Ace Ultraman Mebius and Giga Chimera |
| A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies | Ryuichi Inomata | Eiichiro Funakoshi, Akiko Matsumoto, Ryohei Hirota | | |
| The Taste of Fish | Shingo Matsubara | Takao Osawa, Rena Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Yoko Moriguchi, Shiro Ito, Akira Emoto | Drama | Based on a manga |
| Tokyo Gore Police | Yoshihiro Nishimura | Itsuji Itao, Camille LaBry, Shōko Nakahara | Action, Horror | |
| Tokyo Sonata | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyōko Koizumi | Drama | |
| Tsuribaka Nisshi 19: Yokoso! Suzuki Kensetsu Goikko Sama | Yūzō Asahara | Toshiyuki Nishida, Miyoko Asada | |