Provided is a liquid crystal display enabling well-balanced improvement of contrast and the response speed against voltage application, in vertical alignment mode using a vertical alignment type liquid crystal. A liquid crystal display includes a couple of substrates disposed facing each other, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pair of substrates, the liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules having a negative dielectric anisotropy, each pixel in the liquid crystal layer having more than two regions, the liquid crystal molecules in one of the regions having a pre-tilt angle different from that of the liquid crystal in another region.