Why won't itunes movies play in itunes?

I am running windows 7 ultimate, with updated drivers for video card, sound card, etc. Some itunes downloaded content will play (It's a wonderful life) in quicktime, but not in itunes. Pacific Rim will not play in either, and yet some music videos open in itunes, but not music movies. Yesterday I opened Pacific Rim in quicktime, and that made it possible to open in itunes, but today nothing opens in itunes at all. All are protected mpeg-4 files bought and downloaded through itunes. I'm so frustrated....

Could you walk us through what happens when you try to play the movies, please?

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