Excuse the Australian based ignorance combined with a Scrooge-like budget approach to TV but I get shows and movies (SD/HD) over FTA broadcast. I see no distinction between movies and shows other than length of recording time.
I record in .ts.
MC19 was improved recently to better recognise movies and tag them correctly that has helped with library management.
In short, MC works fine for me.
Are you possibly dealing with a copyright protection / DRM issue?
Guessing .. ?