Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device comprising;

• a first substrate;
• a second substrate;
• a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate;
• a retardation film between a pair of the substrates;
• and
• at least a pair of electrodes,
• wherein the liquid crystal layer is composed of a liquid crystal composition which contains a compound represented by General Formula (I) in an amount of 10% to 50% by weight and a compound represented by General Formula (II) in an amount of 35% to 80% by weight;
• wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and A represents a 1,4-phenylene group or a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group, and
• wherein R3 and R4 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, Z3 and Z4 each independently represent a single bond, —CH═CH—, —C≡C—, —CH2CH2—, —(CH2)4—;
• —COO—, —OCO—, —OCH2—, —CH2O—, —OCF2—, or —CF2O—, B and C each independently represent a 1,4-phenylene group or a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group, which may be fluorinated, and m and n each independently represent an integer of 0 to 4, and m+n=1 to 4;
• and
• the retardation film layer is an optically anisotropic body obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound having two or more polymerizable functional groups in an amount of 25% by weight or more.