Why won't my iTunes movies from my old computer transfer to iTunes on my new computer?

I purchased a new computer and had all my movies/music/apps/etc saved on an external hard drive. When I installed iTunes on my new computer and added the folder that had all the iTunes media, everything transferred except the movies. Anyone have ideas what I can do? Old system was Windows Vista, new system is Windows 7. Thanks in advance.

Is the new computer authorized?
Any errors?
Is there a reason why you chose to import the folder instead of simply copying the entire iTunes folder from the old computer to the new computer?

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