PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a luminescent thin film and an organic electroluminescent element with high luminous efficiency, and to provide a display device and a lighting device including the luminescent thin film or the organic electroluminescent element.SOLUTION: The organic electroluminescent element has an organic layer including one or more light-emitting layers between an anode and a cathode. At least one of the light-emitting layers contains as a light-emitting material at least one of fluorescent compounds having a structure represented by general formula (1-a) or (1-b).