How do I remove movies from my hard drive?

I tried to update my system and it says that I don't have enough space on my hard drive. When I went to delete files it shows quite a bit of space being taken up by movies. I don't have any movies on my iTunes but they are on my cloud. How do I remove them from my hard drive? I am a rookie Mac user so if you can help please help with steps. Thanks!

I suggest that you download from the Internet OmniDiskSweeper (free) and open it. It will show all of your files and the respective sizes. Delete or transfer to an external HDD what you do not want on your internal drive. Don't forget to empty Trash.
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Use the Uninstaller in Utilities/Adobe Installers.
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Click Movies in the navigation bar.
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Press Delete on your keyboard.
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How to delete content you've downloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, or Mac App Store - Apple Support
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--------this is my topic for the first time in english, I hope that you can know what i said ~~~
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自学linux wrote:
http://blog.chinaunix.net/u/31909/showart_1121360.html
A waste of CD-ROM...........,in china, many people install linux just by iso,don't burn the iso,
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my email :[email protected]
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