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Apr 26, 2016 12:03 PM in response to David Lockingby Pmintz25,If they were purchased through iTunes, you can redownload them at any time.
However, there is no way to stream the movies, so you would have to download the entire file again to watch a movie.
Open iTunes > iTunes Store > Purchased (on right side of the window) > Movies.
Make sure the sort is set to "Not in My Library" if you are trying to redownload something that has been removed from the computer.
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Apr 26, 2016 12:22 PM in response to Pmintz25by Limnos,If they were purchased through iTunes, you can redownload them at any time.
In theory, but this is not a safe assumption.
Download your past purchases - https://support.apple.com/HT201272 - "Find your past purchases in the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, and Mac App Store on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC, or Apple TV" "With iTunes in the Cloud, you can access your past purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, and Mac App Store." - enabled with iTunes 10.3 and newer; not all media formats are available in all countries (see: iTunes in the Cloud, iTunes Match, and iTunes Radio availability by country - https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204632); apps, books (not audiobooks), music, t.v. shows, and movies (some - not all studios have permitted this). Downloading previously purchased movies and TV shows requires iTunes 10.6 or later. Discontinued items not available. For items not included in the iCloud list (e.g., ringtones, audiobooks, alert tones, rental movies), or locations or computer systems where iCloud is not (yet?) available, you only get one download per fee paid. Apple recommends, "... back up your iTunes library. " (https://support.apple.com/HT201272). http://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/us/terms.html - "Some iTunes Eligible Content that you previously acquired may not be available for subsequent download at any given time, and Apple shall have no liability to you in such event. As you may not be able to subsequently download certain previously-acquired iTunes Eligible Content, once you download an item of iTunes Eligible Content, it is your responsibility not to lose, destroy, or damage it, and you may want to back it up."
Sure, having items stored in the cloud is a convenience but I would not trust it.