A liquid crystal display is provided including: a display section including a plurality of pixels, a first substrate and a second substrate which are disposed opposite to each other with liquid crystal therebetween in the display section, pixel electrodes which are provided over one of the first substrate and the second substrate on a pixel basis and which each do not have a slit or opening in plan view, and a common electrode which is formed over the pixel electrodes, with an organic interlayer film composed of an organic film therebetween, and which has a plurality of slits.