Organizing movies

i want to separate my movies from my daughters kids movies. Is there a way to do this? I have looked around in iTunes and I can't find out anything about organizing the movies. I want a folder or playlist for hers and a folder or playlist for mine, is it possible?

I'm assuming you're looking for something beyond making your own playlists by hand, right?
Well, you can take your daughter's movies, select them all, get info on them and add a comment like "Jane's Movies." You could do this everytime you download a movie for your daughter. From there you can make a Smart playlist with the single search criteria being to look for this comment and you would thoeretically have a dynamic list of your daughter's movies.
How this is easier than buying the movie, then dragging it into a normal playlist is beyond me, but it might help.

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