Over the past 25 years, Lauren Greenfield's documentary photography and film projects have explored youth culture, gender, body image, and affluence. Underscoring the ever-increasing gap between the haves and the have-nots, portraits reveal a focus on cultivating image over substance, where subjects unable to attain actual wealth instead settle for its trappings, no matter their ability to pay for it.

The Shock Doctrine
2009
7.1/10

Gilbert
2017
6.7/10

Night Will Fall
2014
7.6/10

Finders Keepers
2015
6.5/10

We Live in Public
2009
6.9/10

McQueen
2018
7.5/10

Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
2018
7.5/10

Catfish
2010
6.8/10

Room 237
2012
6.1/10

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
2023
6.0/10

A Decade Under the Influence
2003
7.9/10

BRATS
2024
6.0/10

Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
2025
6.3/10

Fuck
2006
6.4/10

The Kid Stays in the Picture
2002
6.6/10

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
2008
6.9/10

One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
2026
7.3/10

Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
2018
7.5/10

Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
2006
6.9/10

Thought Crimes
2015
6.2/10
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
2005
6.257/10