A liquid crystal display device comprising a first substrate that includes an electrode, a second substrate that includes an electrode, and a liquid crystal composition layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, in which liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal composition layer are controlled by applying charges between the electrode of the first substrate and the electrode of the second substrate substantially vertically to the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein a vertical alignment film, which controls an alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal composition layer to be substantially vertical to a surface of the first substrate and a surface of the second substrate that are adjacent to the liquid crystal composition layer, is disposed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, the vertical alignment film contains a polymer of a polymerizable compound having a polyimide skeleton as a main chain and a crosslinkable functional group as a side chain, and a liquid crystal composition constituting the liquid crystal composition layer contains 30 to 65 mass% of a compound represented by general formula (In the formula, R 1 and R 2 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms; A represents a 1,4-phenylene group or a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group; 1 represents 1 or 2; and when 1 is 2, the two A may be the same or different from each other) and a compound represented by general formula (In the formula, R 3 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms; R 4 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an alkenyloxy group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms; B represents a 1,4-phenylene group or a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group; m represents 0, 1, or 2; and when m is 2, the two B may be the same or different from each other), and the compound represented by general formula includes a compound represented by general formula (II-1) (In the formula, R 3 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms; and R 4 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an alkenyloxy group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms) and a compound represented by general formula (II-2) (In the formula, R 3 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms; R 4 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an alkenyloxy group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms; and B represents a 1,4-phenylene group or a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group), the total content of the compound represented by general formula (II-1) and the compound represented by general formula (II-2) being 30 to 65 mass% of the liquid crystal composition.