A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a display panel in which liquid crystal pixels, which are composed with use of an OCB mode liquid crystal, are arranged in a matrix, first and second backlights which illuminate the display panel, and driving control means for controlling the display panel, wherein light from the first backlight is emitted with an inclination of a predetermined angle in a first direction to a plane which is perpendicular to a display surface of the display panel and extends along an alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules, and light from the second backlight is emitted with an inclination of the predetermined angle to the plane, the first direction and the second direction being symmetric to each other with regard to the plane.