A fingerprint identification display panel and a display device are disclosed. For the liquid crystal layer at the position corresponding to the first opening area corresponding to the photosensitive sensing unit in the light shielding layer, the initial direction of the long axis of the liquid crystal molecules is set to form an angle of 45 degrees with the transmission axis direction of the upper polarizer, and the liquid crystal layer at the position corresponding to the first opening area is controlled to form an equivalent quarter-wave plate.