Abstract: Liver transplantation is an effective treatment for the end-stage liver disease. However, hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury (HIRI) will inevitably occur during liver transplantation, which might lead to early graft dysfunction or aggravate rejection. The underlying protective mechanism remains to be further elucidated. Programmed cell death is an important mechanism of HIRI, and multiple novel types of programmed cell death participate in the pathological process of HIRI. In-depth study of programmed cell death is expected to further improve the therapeutic effect of liver transplantation. In this article, research progresses on apoptosis, autophagy and autophagy-dependent cell death, ferroptosis, necroptosis, pyroptosis, pathanatos and other common programmed cell death patterns in HIRI were reviewed, aiming to provide reference for enhancing the success rate of liver transplantation and improving clinical prognosis of the recipients.