How do I take all my movies from the cloud and put them on an external hard drive

I am using an Apple TV and have bought about 145 movies.
The internet in my area is not very fast so I need to know how to put all of my movies on an external hard drive so i don't have to stream them through the internet.
All I would have to do is put the external hard drive on my shared devices.

Greetings austinfromdellslow,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that you would like to store your purchases movies on an external hard drive. To do this, first you will need to download your purchased content from the cloud to the iTunes library on your computer. 
Download past purchases - Apple Support
Once your media folder is complete with the downloaded content, you can move that iTunes media folder to your external hard drive using the information in the attached article below. 
Move your iTunes Media folder on a Windows PC - Apple Support
Cheers,
Joe

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