A HAN-mode liquid crystal display includes a lower alignment film formed on a lower substrate; an upper alignment film formed on an upper substrate; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the lower and upper substrates; a phase compensation film adhered on the outer surface of the upper substrate and a polarizer adhered on the phase compensation film wherein the lower alignment film has an alignment angle of -40 to -50.degree. with respect to a horizontal line, the upper alignment film has an alignment angle of 40 to 55.degree. with respect to a horizontal line, the liquid crystal layer has a phase delay value (d.DELTA.n) of 0.36 0.40 .mu.m, the phase compensation film has a phase compensation function of .lamda./4 and also has an optical axis making 167 173.degree. or 7 to 13.degree. with a horizontal line and the polarizer has an absorption axis making an angle of 42 to 48.degree. with a horizontal line.