There is provided an optical recording medium capable of preventing cross erase and increasing its recording density. The optical recording medium includes: a reflecting film; a first transparent film provided on the reflecting film; a first semitransparent film provided on the first transparent film; a second transparent film provided on the first semitransparent film; a recording film provided on the second transparent film, the recording film being capable of reversibly changing an atomic arrangement; and a third transparent film provided on the recording film. The first semitransparent film has a complex refractive index of n−k satisfying relationships of 0