<p>Dye doped liquid crystals (DDLCs) have become a platform for flexible, tunable, compact and efficient laser emission combining the optical gain of fluorescent dyes with self-organized or disordered structures of liquid crystal (LC) hosts. The present review is a comprehensive analysis of laser emission processes in DDLCs systems with special focus on the way that molecular alignment, optical anisotropy and photonic structures within LCs are used to enable mirrorless lasing. Further, liquid crystalline mesophases are discussed separately. In nematic systems, optical feedback arises from multiple light scattering, leading to random lasing. In contrast, cholesteric systems exhibit distributed feedback (DFB) due to their periodic helical structure. The optical gain is achieved by the addition of fluorescent dyes such as DCM, PM597 and Rhodamine derivatives. The emission properties of the cell are tuned by controlling parameters like pump geometry, polarization, cell thickness, temperature and external fields. The studies also illustrate that doping with plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) like titanium nitride (TiN), silver (Ag) and barium titanate (BaTiO₃) can increase local field intensity and scattering as well as lower the lasing thresholds. The reported threshold values range from few μJ/pulse to few mJ/cm², with line widths as narrow as 0.3&#xa0;nm and efficiency up to 1%. Moreover, the emerging methods like photo responsive and thermally tunable systems enable the real time regulation of the emission wavelength and intensity. In general, DDLCs provide a platform for low threshold, tunable and reconfigurable laser devices that scale the gap between soft matter photonics and integrated optical technologies.</p>