Can't arrange movie files in itunes?

In itunes, whenever i click on the "movie" file under my iPod Touch's name, the list of all the movies i have in my ipod show up. However, whenever i want to move the files around/organize them, it won't let me move them. It's like the movie files are locked or something?
However, i can move my music files around fine. It's just the movie files that won't move/arrange /:
& if this matters, the movie files play fine in my ipod.
I just need to move/arrange/organize them on itunes... but it won't let me -.-

Very strange. I use Handbrake exclusively for movie conversion and all tags are editable. I even use iDentify which is a super little app which populates ratings, directors, stars and producers etc in the movie information, together with artwork if required.
I double checked last night and every single one of the 462 movies converted with Handbrake are editable manually or with iDentify.

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