Watching iTunes movie on iPhone.

I have several movies (mp4) in my iTunes library on my iMac.  Can I select and watch them on my iPhone5 over my home network?

The Automatic downloads service is for music, apps and iBooks. If you rent a movie in iTunes you'll have to sync it to your iPhone.
This is probably because each type of content has diffrent copyright restrictions. I don't think you can do what you expect with any online service.
If you download a rented movie on your computer: You can transfer it to a device such as your Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, or iPod if it’s a standard-definition film (movies in HD can only be watched on your computer, iPad, iPhone 4, iPod touch (4th generation), or Apple TV). Once you move the movie from your computer to a device, the movie will disappear from your computer's iTunes library. You can move the movie between devices as many times as you wish during the rental period, but the movie can only exist on one device at a time.
If you download a rented movie on your iPhone 4, iPad, iPod touch (4th generation), or Apple TV: It is not transferable to any other device or computer.
(from http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1657)

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