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Compulsion, compulsive, compelling, or compulsory may refer to:

Psychology

Compulsive behavior, a psychological condition in which a person does a behavior compulsively, having an overwhelming feeling that they must do so.
Obsessive–compulsive disorder, a mental disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts that produce anxiety and by repetitive behaviors aimed at reducing that anxiety.

Compulsion (1959 film), an American film based on Meyer Levin's novel (see below)
Compulsion (2009 film), a British television drama inspired by the Jacobean tragedy The Changeling
Compulsion (2013 film), a Canadian thriller directed by Egidio Coccimiglio
Compulsion (2016 film), an erotic thriller film directed by Craig Goodwill
Compulsion (2024 film), a British thriller film directed by Neil Marshall
"Compulsion" (CSI), a 2005 TV episode
Compulsions, a 2009 American web series

Compulsion (Hutson novel), a 2001 horror novel by Shaun Hutson
Compulsion (Levin novel), a 1956 novel and 1957 adapted play by Meyer Levin
- Compulsion, a 2010 play about Levin, by Rinne Groff
Compulsion, a 2008 Alex Delaware novel by Jonathan Kellerman
"Compulsive", a storyline in the science fiction comedy webtoon series Live with Yourself!

Compulsion (band), a 1990–1997 Irish punk rock band
Compulsion (album), by Andrew Hill, 1966
"Compulsion", a song by Joe Crow, covered by Martin Gore on Counterfeit EP, 1989
"Compulsion", a song by Röyksopp from The Inevitable End, 2014