If theres one thing Hideo Kojima loves, its movies. The acclaimed creator of Metal Gear and Death Stranding takes every opportunity he can to talk about his favorite films and their impact on his life and career, be it in his collection of essays, his Brain Structure podcast, or excitedly recommending movies from none other than the fabled Criterion closet.On Thursday, the 61-year-old video game designer appeared in a new video produced by the French pop culture outlet Konbini as part of its ongoing celebrity-focused Video Club series. The video features Kojima walking through JM Vido, one of the oldest and one of the few remaining video rental shops still in business in Paris, recommending his favorite films by French directors.During my childhood, Japanese 50s and 60s movies were awesome, as were the French 50s and 60s movies, and most creators of today originate from those movies, Kojima said when asked why he chose to focus specifically on recommending French directors. The French Lumire brothers created movies about 120 years ago, and there was a golden era of French movies, Japanese movies, etc. and then Hollywood movies came in. Even when I rewatch them now, they are great, new, and original, so thats why I wanted to introduce these French movies to the younger generation. I was really influenced by them myself, so most are classics.Kojimas energy is positively infectious throughout the video as he buzzes through the shelves, cherry-picking his selections and giving brief yet passionate explanations behind why he likes a particular film and what it means to him.The biggest takeaways? His favorite La Seydoux film is 2012s Sister directed by Ursula Meier, and he really, really wants to meet Leos Carax some day. I really love his works, but I havent met him yet, Kojima says. So if you are seeing this, please contact me! Heres hoping he gets his wish.You can find a list of Kojimas recommendations below and where you can stream or rent them, in case youre looking for something to watch this weekend:Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bte) Dir. Jean CocteauAvailable to stream on Max and Criterion ChannelThe Hole (Le Trou) Dir. Jacques BeckerAvailable to stream on Criterion ChannelThe Wages of Fear (Le Salaire de la peur) Dir. Henri-Georges ClouzotAvailable to stream on Max and Criterion ChannelAlphaville (Alphaville: une trange aventure de Lemmy Caution) Dir. Jean-Luc GodardAvailable to rent on Amazon and AppleNouvelle Vague Dir. Jean-Luc GodardThe Night Is Young (Mauvais Sang) Dir. Leos CaraxAvailable to stream on HooplaEyes Without a Face (Les yeux sans visage) - Dir. Georges FranjuAvailable to stream on Max and Criterion ChannelLa Jete Dir. Chris MarkerAvailable to stream on Criterion ChannelLe Samoura Dir. Jean-Pierre MelvilleAvailable to stream on Max and Prime VideoElevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour lchafaud) Dir. Louis MalleAvailable to stream on MaxEnter The Void Dir. Gaspar NoAvailable to rent on AppleBarbarella Dir. Roger VadimAvailable to rent on Amazon and AppleThe Deep Dark (Gueules noires) Dir. Mathieu TuriSister (LEnfant den haut) Dir. Ursula MeierAvailable to stream on Kanopy and rent on Amazon and AppleFantastic Planet (La Plante sauvage) Dir. Ren LalouxAvailable to stream on Max and Criterion Channel