Some movies not accepting covers?

Does anyone know why iTunes won't apply covers to some movies and does to others? Also all of my movies that don't have a cover have a scene from another movie entirely for some reason?!
Any help would be great! I'm using the latest version of iTunes but I have had this issue for a long time now.
Thanks

Where did these movies originate from? MP4 is the container, the specs inside also matter.
See
H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

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