Sorting Movies in iTunes

I've been looking for ways to group movies that belong together. For example the extras DVD that goes with a Criterion release.
I've found answers on here - and elsewhere - that suggest using the TV part of iTunes. The Show and Sort areas under Sorting and Video Tabs. However, whilst these tidy up the directory structure under iTunes media folder they do not appear to be doing anything in iTunes or AppleTV2.
Is it possible to have a view under Movies like you have under TV in iTunes and AppleTV2 or do I need to make them TV shows ? Am I going to have to start looking at another product ?
Any help appreciated,
Thanks
Alan
FWIW I'm on the latest version of ITunes and have the latest firmware on my ATV2 also running uptodate Snow Leopard.

Actually the equivalents to folders are called play lists.
I would set up smart play lists to sort by date/scene and keep track that way.
Click on New Smart Play List under File and set up a few that way to get the hang of it.

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