We study the influence of carbon nanotube (CNT) on the backflow effect in the vertical-aligned (VA) and homogeneous cells. By measuring the transient optical transmission, the dynamic behaviors of CNT–doped LC cells are recorded. Experimental results show that doping with a small quantity of CNTs can suppress the backflow effect in the VA mode. The amplitudes of the optical bounces become smaller when we increase the concentration of CNTs. However, in the homogeneous cells, the optical bounce would not be changed in spite of the concentration of CNTs We used DIMOS 2.0 to analyze the dynamic behavior of the homeotropic LC cell. We believe that the existence of CNTs destroys the continuity of LC. The dynamic transmittance in the simulation is similar to the optical bounce in the CNT-doped VA LC cells.