A list of films released in Japan in 2001 (see 2001 in film).
Japanese films released in 1961| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| Akumyō |
| Akumyō 2: Araburu Kenkadamashī |
| All About Lily Chou-Chou | Shunji Iwai | Hayato Ichihara | Drama |
| Moans from Next Door | Toshiki Satō | Mao Nakagawa
Tsukasa Saitō | Pink | Best Film, Pink Grand Prix |
| Avalon | Mamoru Oshii | Science fiction | Screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival |
| Blue | Hiroshi Ando | Entered into the 24th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Crayon Shin-chan: The Adult Empire Strikes Back |
| Desert Moon | Shinji Aoyama | Entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival |
| Countdown to Heaven |
| Distance | Hirokazu Koreeda | Entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival |
| Gaoranger: Fire Mountain Howls | Tokusatsu | Shown on a double bill with Kamen Rider Agito: Project G4 |
| Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai | Tokusatsu | V-Cinema |
| Go |
| Giant Monsters All-Out Attack | Shusuke Kaneko | Kaiju |
| Goryokaku | Historical epic | Based on events in the Boshin War of the 1860s |
| H Story | Nobuhiro Suwa | Screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival |
| Happiness of the Katakuris|The Happiness of the Katakuris}} | Takashi|Miike}} | Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda | Horror, musical | [1][2] |
| Ichi the Killer | Takashi Miike | Crime, Horror |
| Inugami | Masato|Harada}} | Yūki Amami, Atsuro Watabe, Eugene Harada | {{n/a}} | Galbraith IV|2008|p=417}} |
| Affections Touching Across Time | Fantasy anime |
| Kamen Rider Agito: Project G4 | Tokusatsu | Shown on a double bill with Gaoranger: Fire Mountain Howls |
| Kinnikuman Nisei the Movie |
| Man Walking on Snow | Masahiro Kobayashi | Screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival |
| Metropolis | Rintaro | Science fiction
Anime |
| Millennium Actress | Satoshi Kon | Drama, Anime |
| Minna no Ie |
| Mourning Wife | Daisuke Gotō | Mayuko Sasaki
Koharu Yamasaki | Pink | Silver Prize, Best Actress, 2nd place and Best Cinematography, Pink Grand Prix |
| One Piece the Movie: Clockwork Island Adventure | Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Hirata |
| Onmyoji | Yōjirō Takita | Mansai Nomura | Fantasy, Martial arts |
| Otogirisō | Ten|Shimoyama}} | Megumi Okina, Yoichiro Saito, Koji Okura | J-horror | Galbraith IV|2008|p=417}} |
| Pistol Opera | Seijun Suzuki | Makiko Esumi | Crime |
| Poketto Monsutā Serebii: The Meeting that Traversed Time | Kunihiko Yuyama | Fantasy Anime |
| Princess Blade|The Princess Blade}} | Shinsuke Sato | Yumiko Shaku, Hideaki Ito | Action, Science fiction |
| Pulse | Kiyoshi|Kurosawa}} | Kumiko Aso, Haruhiko Kato, Koyuki | J-horror | Galbraith IV|2008|p=417}}{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=418}} |
| Spirited Away | Hayao Miyazaki | Fantasy Anime | Blue Ribbon Award winner
Japan Academy Prize for Best Film
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature winner |
| Timeranger vs. GoGoV | Tokusatsu | V-Cinema |
| Re-birth | Takashi Shimizu | Miki Sakai | Horror |
| The First Contact | Tokusatsu |
| Warm Water Under a Red Bridge | Shōhei Imamura | Kōji Yakusho
Misa Shimizu
Mitsuko Baisho | Imamura's last feature film, entered into Cannes |
| Waterboys | Shinobu Yaguchi | Sports comedy |
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1. ^{{cite web|url=http://history.tiff-jp.net/ja/archives?no=14#%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5%E6%8B%9B%E5%BE%85%E4%BD%9C%E5%93%81|publisher=Tokyo International Film Festival|language=Japanese|title=TIFF History}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-happiness-of-the-katakuris-v261967|publisher=AllMovie|title=Happiness of the Katakuris|last=Vick|first=Tom|accessdate=September 12, 2016}}