A liquid crystal display device and a driving method thereof is presented in which a first liquid crystal cell is provided at one side of the data line, and a second liquid crystal cell is provided at the other side thereof. A first switching part is provided for each first liquid crystal cell positioned at an ith horizontal line (wherein i is an integer) to be controlled by the (i−1)th gate line and the ith gate line. A second switching part is provided for each second liquid crystal cell positioned at an ith horizontal line to be controlled by the ith gate line.