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A '''feature film''' or '''feature-length film''' (often abbreviated to '''feature'''), also called a '''theatrical film''', is a [[narrative film]] ([[motion picture]] or "movie") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment program. The term ''feature film'' originally referred to the main, full-length film in a cinema program that included a [[short film]] and often a [[newsreel]]. Matinee programs, especially in the US and Canada, in general, also included [[cartoons]], at least one weekly [[serial film|serial]] and, typically, a second feature-length film on weekends.
The first narrative feature film was the 60-minute ''[[The Story of the Kelly Gang]]'' (1906, Australia).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://aso.gov.au/titles/features/story-kelly-gang/notes/ | title=The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) | work=Australian Screen | access-date=May 26, 2014}}</ref> Other early feature films include ''[[Les Misérables (1909 film)|Les Misérables]]'' (1909, U.S.), ''[[L'Inferno]]'', ''[[Defence of Sevastopol]], [[The Adventures of Pinocchio (1911 film)|The Adventures of Pinocchio]]'' (1911), ''[[Oliver Twist (1912 American film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (American version), ''[[Oliver Twist (1912 British film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (British version), ''[[Richard III (1912 film)|Richard III]]'', ''[[From the Manger to the Cross]]'', ''[[Cleopatra (1912 film)|Cleopatra]]'' (1912), ''[[Quo Vadis (1913 film)|Quo Vadis?]]'' (1913), ''[[Cabiria]]'' (1914) and ''[[The Birth of a Nation]]'' (1915).
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