Front Row not playing 'Movies' folder

Hello,
I have a 'movies' folder which I created in Finder. I have many movies that I made on iMovie in there. However, they are not showing up in Front Row's movie section.
How can I get them to appear here?
I would appreciate any help you can give me.
Thank you,
Christoph

Well, I answered my own question. It was a different movies folder that I was looking at, and now that I moved my movies, they now appear in Front Row.
Sorry for the trouble.
--Christoph

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