[4] Järvis' first substantial feature-length film role was in the 1987 Soviet-Estonian Helle Karis directed Metsluiged, adapted from the 1838 Hans Christian Andersen literary fairy tale The Wild Swans, for Tallinnfilm.
In 1999, she appeared as a director in the Valentin Kuik directed drama Lurjus, which was adapted from the short story Poldlets (also known as An Affair of Honor) penned by Vladimir Nabokov.
[5][6] In 2011, Ene Järvis appeared as Riina in the Rain Tolk and Andres Maimik directed comedy Kormoranid ehk Nahkpükse ei pesta for Kuukulgur Film, about a 1970s rock band trying to make a comeback.
In 2012, she had a starring role as Reeda in the Ain Mäeots directed drama Deemonid, which chronicles the downward spiral of three individuals who enter a casino.
[8] In 1989, Ene Järvis was cast in the role of Astrid Olsen for the Mikk Mikiver directed television film Doktor Stockmann, based on the 1886 play An Enemy of the People by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.