# List of Japanese films of 2011
## Highest-grossing films

| Rank | Title | Gross |
| 1 | From Up on Poppy Hill | ¥4.46 billion |
| 2 | Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom | ¥4.33 billion |
| 3 | A Ghost of a Chance | ¥4.28 billion |
| 4 | Space Battleship Yamato | ¥4.10 billion |
| 5 | Gantz | ¥3.45 billion |

## List of films

A list of films produced in Japan in 2011 (see 2011 in film):
| Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 15 January | 1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife | Mamoru Hoshi | Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Yūko Takeuchi | Drama | Based on a true story |
| 21 January | Inu to Anata no Monogatari | Shunichi Nagasaki | Akira Nakao, Atsuko Takahata | Drama | sequel to film All About My Dog |
| 22 January | Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs. Shinkenger: Epic on Ginmaku | | | | |
| 29 January | Gantz | Shinsuke Sato | Kazunari Ninomiya, Kenichi Matsuyama | | Based on a manga |
| 29 January | Into the White Night | Yoshihiro Fukagawa | Maki Horikita, Kengo Kora | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 5 February | Karate Girl | Kimura Yoshikatsu | Rina Takeda, Tobimatsu Hina | Action | |
| 11 February | Patisserie Coin de rue | Yoshihiro Fukagawa | Yōsuke Eguchi, Yū Aoi | Drama | |
| 5 March | Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: ~Angel Wings~ | Yuichi Shinbo | Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ohara, Yumi Kakazu | Anime | |
| 19 March | Runway Beat | Kentaro Otani | Koji Seto, Nanami Sakuraba, Mirei Kiritani | Drama | Based on a cellphone novel |
| 19 March | Pretty Cure All Stars DX3: Deliver the Future! The Rainbow~Colored Flower That Connects the World! | Takashi Ōtsuka | | Anime | Based on an anime television series |
| 1 April | High School Debut | Tsutomu Hanabusa | Junpei Mizobata, Ito Ōno | Drama | Based on a manga |
| 1 April | OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders | Osamu Kaneda | Shu Watanabe, Dori Sakurada, Ryosuke Miura | Tokusatsu | |
| 2 April | Hoshi no Furumachi | Koji Kawano | | | Based on a manga |
| 16 April | Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence | Yasuichiro Yamamoto, Kobun Shizuno | | Anime | |
| 16 April | Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: Operation Golden Spy | Sōichi Masui | Akiko Yajima, Miki Narahashi, Keiji Fujiwara | Anime | Based on a manga |
| 22 April | Underwater Love | Shinji Imaoka | Sawa Masaki | Drama | |
| 23 April | Gantz:Perfect Answer | | | | Based on a manga |
| 23 April | Hankyū Densha | Yoshishige Miyake | Miki Nakatani | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 7 May | Gaku: Minna no Yama | Osamu Katayama | Shun Oguri, Masami Nagasawa Kuranosuke Sasaki | Drama | Based on a manga |
| 7 May | Hoshi o Ou Kodomo | Makoto Shinkai | Hisako Kanemoto, Kazuhiko Inoue | Anime | |
| 28 May | Buddha | Kozo Morishita | | Anime | |
| 4 June | Moshidora | Makoto Tanaka | Atsuko Maeda, Koji Seto, Minami Minegishi | Live Action | Based on the book of the same name |
| 4 June | Paradise Kiss | Takehiko Shinjo | Keiko Kitagawa, Osamu Mukai, Yusuke Yamamoto | Drama | Based on a manga |
| 4 June | Sengoku Basara: The Last Party | Kazuya Nomura | | Anime | Based on a video game |
| 11 June | Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle | Noboru Takemoto | Ryota Ozawa, Yuki Yamada, Mao Ichimichi | Tokusatsu | |
| 11 June | Hoshi Mamoru Inu | Tokiyuki Takimoto | Toshiyuki Nishida, Tetsuji Tamayama, Umika Kawashima | | Based on a manga |
| 11 June | I Wish | Hirokazu Koreeda | | Drama | |
| 18 June | Yuriko, Dasvidaniya | Sachi Hamano | Nahana, Toi Hitomi, Ren Osugi, Kazuko Yoshiyuki | | |
| 18 June | Tokyo Koen | Shinji Aoyama | Haruma Miura, Nana Eikura | Romance | Based on a novel |
| 25 June | Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork | Hisashi Saitō (Chief director), Tetsuya Yanagisawa | Saori Hayami, Iori Nomizu, Kaori Fukuhara, Yōko Hikasa | Anime | Based on a manga |
| 2 July | Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: The Sacred Star of Milos | Murata Kasuya | Romi Paku, Rie Kugimiya | Anime | Based on the characters and the manga created by Hiromu Arakawa |
| 16 July | From up on Poppy Hill | Gorō Miyazaki | Nagasawa Masami, Okada Junichi | Anime drama | Based on a manga |
| 16 July | Victini and the Black Hero | | | Anime | |
| 23 July | Deadball | Yudai Yamaguchi | Tak Sakaguchi, Mari Hoshino, Miho Ninagawa | splatter comedy | |
| 23 July | Ninja Kids!!! | Takashi Miike | Seishiro Kato | | |
| 23 July | Rock: Wanko no Shima | Isamu Nakae | | Drama | Based on a true story |
| 23 July | Yakuza Weapon | Tak Sakaguchi, Yudai Yamaguchi | Tak Sakaguchi, Shingo Tsurumi, Mei Kurokawa | | |
| 30 July | Naruto Shippūden 5: Blood Prison | Masahiko Murata | Junko Takeuchi | Fantasy anime | Based on a manga |
| 6 August | Kochikame | Yasuhiro Kawamura | Shingo Katori, Karina | Drama | Continuation of a television series of the same name |
| 6 August | Snowflake | Masaaki Taniguchi | Mirei Kiritani, Haru Aoyama | Romance | |
| 6 August | Ranhansha | Masaaki Taniguchi | Mirei Kiritani, Takahiro Miura | Romance | |
| 20 August | Usagi Drop | Sabu | Kenichi Matsuyama, Mana Ashida | Comedy | based on the manga Bunny Drop |
| 27 August | Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven Is a Place on Earth | Hideto Komori | Ryōko Shiraishi, Rie Kugimiya, Rie Tanaka, Shizuka Itou, Mikako Takahashi | Anime | Based on a manga |
| 27 August | Kamisama no Karute | Yoshihiro Fukagawa | Aoi Miyazaki, Sho Sakurai | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 27 August | Mahou Sensei Negima! Anime Final | | | Anime | |
| 3 September | Hanezu | Naomi Kawase | | | Entered into the 2011 Cannes Film Festival |
| 3 September | Tekken: Blood Vengeance | Youichi Mori | Maaya Sakamoto, Yuki Matsuoka, Mamoru Miyano | Anime | Based on a video game |
| 7 September | Tormented | Takashi Shimizu | Hikari Mitsushima, Teruyuki Kagawa | Horror | |
| 10 September | Tantei wa Bar ni Iru | Hajime Hashimoto [ja] | Yo Oizumi, Koyuki, Ryuhei Matsuda, Toshiyuki Nishida | | |
| 17 September | Hotarubi no Mori e | Takahiro Omori | | Anime | Based on a manga |
| 17 September | Muybridge's Strings (Maiburijji no ito) | Kōji Yamamura | | Animated short | Canada-Japan coproduction |
| 24 September | Household X | Kōki Yoshida | Kaho Minami, Tomorowo Taguchi, Tomohiro Kaku | | |
| 1 October | Dog×Police | Go Shichitaka | Erika Toda, Hayato Ichihara | | |
| 1 October | Tengoku Kara no Yell | Chikato Kumazawa | Hiroshi Abe, Nanami Sakuraba | Drama | Based on a true story |
| 1 October | To Aru Hikūshi e no Tsuioku | Jun Shishido | Ryunosuke Kamiki, Seika Taketomi | Anime | Based on a light novel |
| 8 October | Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite | Kiyoshi Sasabe | Aoi Miyazaki Masato Sakai | | Based on a manga |
| 8 October | Vampire Stories Brothers | Hikaru Gotō | Tomo Yanagishita, Tetsuya Makita, Takako Hasuna | Fantasy, Action, Romance | |
| 8 October | Yoake no Machi de | Setsurō Wakamatsu | Gorō Kishitani, Kyoko Fukada, Tae Kimura | | Based on a novel |
| 15 October | Enkiri Village: Dead End Survival | Kōichi Tsubaki | Reina Fujie, Ren Yagami, Mayuka Okada | Horror | |
| 15 October | Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai | Takashi Miike | Ebizo Ichikawa, Eita, Hikari Mitsushima | Drama | |
| 15 October | Tamatama | Mayumi Komatsu | Yū Aoi | Drama | |
| 15 October | Karate-Robo Zaborgar | Noboru Iguchi | Itsuji Itao, Yasuhisa Furuhara, Mami Yamasaki | | |
| 15 October | Messiah | Kaneko Shusuke | Arai Atsushi, Inoue Masahiro, Kinomoto Minehiro, Jinnai Sho | Live Action | Based on a manga |
| 22 October | Gyokairui Yamaoka Maiko | Ryūtarō Kajino | Uki Satake, Kokoro Takami, Miho Matsushita | Fantasy | |
| 22 October | Smuggler | Katsuhito Ishii | Satoshi Tsumabuki, Masatoshi Nagase, Yasuko Matsuyuki | | Based on a manga |
| 22 October | Cheerfu11y | Shō Tsukikawa | You Kikkawa, Akari Hayami, Anna Tamai | | |
| 22 October | Saudade | Katsuya Tomita | | | |
| 29 October | Gomen-nasai | Mari Asato | Miyabi Natsuyaki, Airi Suzuki, Momoko Tsugunaga | Horror | |
| 29 October | Once in a Blue Moon | Kōki Mitani | Eri Fukatsu, Toshiyuki Nishida, Hiroshi Abe, Yūko Takeuchi | Comedy | |
| 29 October | Waya! Uchuu Ichi no Osekkai Daisakusen | Kohatsu Yo | Jurina Matsui, Yagami Kumi, Itoda Jun | Drama | |
| 5 November | Bokutachi no After School | Shōta Sasaki | Choshinsei members | Drama | |
| 5 November | Hara ga Kore Nande | Yuya Ishii | Riisa Naka, Aoi Nakamura | | |
| 5 November | Kaiji 2 | | | | Based on a manga |
| 12 November | Guilty of Romance | Sion Sono | Miki Mizuno, Makoto Togashi, Megumi Kagurazaka | | |
| 12 November | Koitanibashi | Kōichi Gotō | Takako Uehara, Kensei Mikami | Drama | |
| 12 November | Share House | Ichirō Kita | Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Megumi Saeki, Miyoko Asada, Hana Kino | Drama | |
| 19 November | Antoki no Inochi | Takahisa Zeze | Masaki Okada, Nana Eikura | Romance, Drama | Based on a novel |
| 19 November | Kami Voice | Tomoki Sano | Yūki Kaji, Wataru Hatano, Roko Takizawa | | Based on a manga |
| 19 November | Yubiwa wo Hametai | Yuki Iwata | Takayuki Yamada, Manami Konishi, Yoko Maki, Chizuru Ikewaki | | Based on a novel |
| 26 November | Gal Basara: Sengoku Jidai wa Kengai Desu | Futoshi Sato | Hiroki Matsutaka, Kasumi Arimura, Seika Taketomi, Mariko Shinoda | | |
| 26 November | Kisei Jūi Suzune | Ryu Kaneda | Rei Yoshii, Megumi Kagurazaka | | Based on a manga |
| 26 November | Hard Romantic-er | Gu Su Yeon | Shota Matsuda, Kento Nagayama, Yoko Maki, Dai Watanabe | | |
| 26 November | Kokkuri-san: Gekijoban | Jirō Nagae | Mariya Suzuki, Asuka Kataoka, Shizuka Umemoto | Horror | |
| 26 November | Kurosawa Eiga 2011 | Taku Watanabe | Kazuko Kurosawa, Gong Teyu | Drama | Sequel to Kurosawa Eiga |
| 3 December | Crossroads | Masatoshi Kurakata | | Drama | Sequel to the film Railways |
| 3 December | K-On! | Naoko Yamada | | Anime | Sequel to anime |
| 3 December | Lost Harmony | Toki Yoshimasa | Alice Hirose, Ayako Yoshitani, Mitsuki Takahata | Horror | |
| 10 December | Genji Monogatari: Sennen no Nazo | Yasuo Tsuruhashi | Toma Ikuta, Miki Nakatani | Drama | Based on a Japanese classic literary text |
| 10 December | Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max | Koichi Sakamoto | Sota Fukushi, Ryuki Takahashi, Fumika Shimizu | Tokusatsu | Part of the Kamen Rider Series |
| 17 December | Being Mitsuko | Kenji Yamauchi | Eriko Hatsune, Kei Ishibashi | Drama | |
| 17 December | Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki | Takashi Yamazaki, Ryuichi Yagi | Shingo Katori, Koichi Yamadera | Anime | Based on a children's novel |
| 17 December | Ōsama Game | Norio Tsuruta | Airi Suzuki, Yurina Kumai, Dori Sakurada | Horror | |
| 21 December | Wild 7 | Eiichirō Hasumi | | | Based on a manga |
| 23 December | Rengō Kantai Shirei Chōkan: Yamamoto Isoroku | Izuru Narushima | Kōji Yakusho, Hiroshi Abe | War drama | |