A liquid crystal display with a plurality of pixel areas, comprising: a first substrate; a gate line and a data line disposed on the first substrate; a first electrode disposed on the first substrate; an insulating layer (180z, 180) disposed on the first electrode; a second electrode disposed on the insulating layer (180z, 180), overlapping the first electrode, and comprising a plurality of branch electrodes (192, 192a, 271, 271a); a second substrate opposing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and comprising a plurality of liquid crystal molecules (31a, 31b, 31c, 31d), wherein: the liquid crystal molecules (31a, 31b, 31c, 31d) are aligned to have pretilt angles in an alignment direction, the alignment direction corresponds to the extension direction of the data line; each of the plurality of branch electrodes (192, 271) comprises a main branch portion forming a first angle (θ1) with the alignment direction and a center portion forming a second angle (θ2) with the alignment direction, respectively; characterized in that the center portion of an outermost branch electrode (192a, 271a) of a pixel area is bent to have a greater angle (θ4) with the alignment direction and to be protruded more towards an edge of the pixel area than the center portions of the other branch electrodes (192, 271). a first substrate; a gate line and a data line disposed on the first substrate; a first electrode disposed on the first substrate; an insulating layer (180z, 180) disposed on the first electrode; a second electrode disposed on the insulating layer (180z, 180), overlapping the first electrode, and comprising a plurality of branch electrodes (192, 192a, 271, 271a); a second substrate opposing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and comprising a plurality of liquid crystal molecules (31a, 31b, 31c, 31d), wherein: the liquid crystal molecules (31a, 31b, 31c, 31d) are aligned to have pretilt angles in an alignment direction, the alignment direction corresponds to the extension direction of the data line; each of the plurality of branch electrodes (192, 271) comprises a main branch portion forming a first angle (θ1) with the alignment direction and a center portion forming a second angle (θ2) with the alignment direction, respectively; characterized in that the center portion of an outermost branch electrode (192a, 271a) of a pixel area is bent to have a greater angle (θ4) with the alignment direction and to be protruded more towards an edge of the pixel area than the center portions of the other branch electrodes (192, 271). the liquid crystal molecules (31a, 31b, 31c, 31d) are aligned to have pretilt angles in an alignment direction, the alignment direction corresponds to the extension direction of the data line; each of the plurality of branch electrodes (192, 271) comprises a main branch portion forming a first angle (θ1) with the alignment direction and a center portion forming a second angle (θ2) with the alignment direction, respectively; characterized in that the center portion of an outermost branch electrode (192a, 271a) of a pixel area is bent to have a greater angle (θ4) with the alignment direction and to be protruded more towards an edge of the pixel area than the center portions of the other branch electrodes (192, 271).