Feature-length compilation

A feature-length compilation, popularly known as compilation movie or compilation film, is a feature-length compendium of scenes taken from different episodes of streaming or television shows/series and movies in order to be edited together and then presented like a feature film, whether on the same or a different subject. The most common example would be a documentary film on a historical event composed of footage from various newsreels and other film documentaries on the same subject. New footage and/or a new soundtrack may also be included in a compilation film, but the compiled, older footage makes up the majority of its principal material. Compilation film does not include, however, a simple editing together of several short films, complete in themselves and distinguished as such from each others, which should be considered as film anthologies.

Filmmaker and historian Jay Leyda first coined the term "Compilation Film" in his book Films Beget Films in 1964, but it appears that there have not been active discussions around the topic since. This could be due to the lack of accessible and available shots that are required to complete a coherent project. Scholar Keith Beattie stated that without relevant clips, it is challenging for creators to utilise such format to put forward comprehensive arguments.