Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display device including two sheets of substrates, a liquid crystal layer sealed between the two sheets of substrates, and a retardation layer provided on the liquid crystal layer side in one of the two sheets of substrates, wherein the retardation layer has a structure in which polymerizable liquid crystal monomers are three-dimensionally cross-linked, and a retardation R(450) for a wavelength of 450 nm and a retardation R(550) for a wavelength of 550 nm fulfill a relationship of R(450)/R(550)≦1.