A subject of the present invention is to prevent damage to a retardation film, etc. to improve the reliability in a liquid crystal display device including a retardation film on the side of the color filter substrate.To solve the problem, there is provided a liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal display panel which includes a pair of substrates and liquid crystal supported between the pair of substrates, wherein the liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels; each of the plurality of sub-pixels includes a transparent element and a reflective element; and one substrate of the pair of substrates includes: a diffuse reflection layer formed at a position corresponding to the reflective element of each individual sub-pixel, an oriented film formed on the diffuse reflection layer, a retardation film formed in a region in which the diffuse reflection layer is formed on the oriented film, a color filter formed on the retardation film, and a planarizing film formed on the color filter.