Please help! My old movies won't play anymore.

Hello,
I have a bunch of old movies from my old phone downloaded in iphoto. Up until yesterday I was able to play these movies by simply clicking on them, but I just noticed that won't play anymore. I can still see the still frame of them, but they won't play in either iphoto or quicktime. My newer movies play fine. I'm pretty sure I have all new updates for iphoto and quicktime. Does anyone know how to fix this issue?
Thanks!

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