Optical film, optical laminate, and image display device

The present invention addresses the problem of providing an optical film, an optical laminate, and an image display device which, when applied to a self-emission type image display device using an inorganic EL element, an organic EL element, or the like, can obtain an image display device that has both an anti-reflection effect of external light and an improved utilization efficiency of light emitted by a light-emitting element. The optical film according to the present invention has a light-absorbing anisotropic film formed from a cured product of a liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound and a dichroic dye compound, the light-absorbing anisotropic film has, in the same film surface, a region A inclined with respect to the absorption axis of the film surface as [theta] A and a region B inclined with respect to the absorption axis of the film surface as [theta] B, and [theta] A and [theta] B satisfy the relationships of the following expressions (1) and (2): [theta] A-[th