A list of films produced in Japan in 1950 (see 1950 in film).
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Battle of Roses | Mikio Naruse | Kuniko Miyaki, Setsuko Wakayama | Drama | |
| Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka | Mikio Naruse | Shigeo Miyanta, Atsushi Watanabe | Comedy | |
| An Engagement Ring | Keisuke Kinoshita | Toshirō Mifune, Kinuyo Tanaka | Romance | |
| Escape at Dawn | Senkichi Taniguchi | Ryō Ikebe, Shirley Yamaguchi | Drama, War, Romance | |
| The Munekata Sisters | Yasujirō Ozu | Choko Iida, Hideko Takamine | Drama | |
| Portrait of Madame Yuki | Kenji Mizoguchi | Michiyo Kogure, Yoshiko Kuga | Drama | |
| Rashomon | Akira Kurosawa | Toshirō Mifune | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Jidaigeki | Won the Golden Lion at the 1951 Venice Film Festival |
| Scandal | Akira Kurosawa | Toshirō Mifune | Drama | |
| Tokyo Kid | Torajiro Saito | Hibari Misora, Haruhisa Kawata, Shunji Sakai | Musical comedy | |
| Until We Meet Again | Tadashi Imai | Eiji Okada, Yoshiko Kuga | | Won Best Film at the 1st Blue Ribbon Awards and at the 5th Mainichi Film Awards |
| Clothes of Deception |
Kôzaburô Yoshimura |
Machiko Kyô, Keiju Kobayashi, Ichirô Sugai |
Drama |
Won Best Cinematography at the 1st Blue Ribbon Awards as well as Best Screenplay at the 5th Mainichi Film Awards |