A wide-viewing angle compensation film contains a polarizing plate and an optical compensation film which exhibits negative birefringence and has an in-plane retardation (Re1) of 60-220 nm and an orientation parameter (Nz) in the range of 0.+-.0.05, the optical compensation film exhibiting negative birefringence and the polarizing plate being stacked so that the slow axis of the compensation film is perpendicular or parallel to the absorption axis of the polarizing plate; and a transmission type liquid-crystal display contains a liquid-crystal cell and the wide-viewing angle compensation film disposed on at least one side of the cell.