A display device including a first substrate including pixel electrodes arranged in first and second directions, each pixel electrode including a unit pixel electrode, a second substrate including a common electrode on which an opening pattern is formed, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The unit pixel electrode includes a central electrode portion including diagonal sides, connection sides, a cross slit extending in the first and second directions, and central branch slits extending from the cross slit, and a branch electrode portion including branch electrodes protruding from each of the diagonal sides, in which the connection sides includes first and second connection sides extending in the first and second directions, and the central electrode portion has first outer areas adjacent to the first connection sides and on which first control slits extending in the first direction are respectively formed.