How to stop iTunes purchased movies from downloading.

I have a MacBook Air with limited memory...
I want to purchase movies on iTunes and leave the movies in iCloud. I don't want my purchased movies to download to my Mac but they continually attempt to download. How can I stop this permanently?

Launch iTunes.
Select Movies on the left.
That where it should be.
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If you don't see the movie in the movie section, you can re download for free using the same Apple iD.
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