Compulsion

Compulsion 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.

Film and television

 * 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" (CSI), a 2005 TV episode
 * Compulsions, a 2009 American web series

Literature

 * 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

Music

 * 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

Video games

 * Compulsion Games, a Canadian video game developer