Are iTunes Movies available for purchase?

Can any or all of the movies available in the iTunes Movie Rental section available for purchase? Does Apple iTunes still offer movies for sale?

Yes, it's not good, but as has been said here many, many times, there's nothing Apple can do. The majority of the movie studios are unwilling to license their content for download sale. It's only been with the advent of rentals on the iTunes Store that most of the studios now participating have been willing to provide their content at all, something that was probably a large factor in Apple's decision to start the rental service. Unless and until the studios are willing to license a movie for download sale, there's nothing any download store can do.

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