A liquid crystal display includes, a first panel, a second panel facing the first panel, a pair of electric-field generating electrodes formed on at least one of the first panel and the second panel, an alignment layer formed on at least one of the electric-field generating electrodes and having an average roughness equal to or less than about 8 nm, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first panel and the second panel and comprising liquid crystal molecules having a tilt angle equal to or greater than about five degrees relative to a surface of the alignment layer.