How to get bought movies from itunes on-to external hard drive?

Hey guys. I have iomega external hard as a backup. I've had it since june 2010, love it. I need to delete some things off my hard drive to free up some space, I thought I would do my movies. I can see that my itunes folder has been backed-up. My question is this; before I delete my movies off my hard drive (the ones I've purchased through itunes) how can I tell if my movies are in with the itunes folder? Wouldn't it show a folder or a list of my purchased movies?
When I go to my itunes folder all I see is my music and apps I've purchased, not movies.
I just want to make sure i see them in a folder, so once I delete them off my hard drive, i then can go to my external hard drive to see if they actually got backed-up.
Thanks.
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