Food on Film by Gastronomica

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"Welcome to 'Food on Film,' some of our favorite cinematic foodie moments. This list was written and compiled by Rebecca L. Epstein, a PhD from the UCLA Dept. of Film, Television, and Digital Media. Her dissertation, entitled Crime and Nourishment, focused on the food and foodways of Hollywood gangster films."

Missing from IMDb:
The Bitter Aftertaste (2005)
Cake in the Face (2005)
Chicken Soup (1970)
Hush, Hoggies, Hush: Tom Johnson's Praying Pigs (1978/9)
Starving Artists' Cookbook (1986-91)

Also includes a series of films by Mack Sennett under the heading "Keystone Kop Films" (1912-17) as well as two user-submitted entries at the end.

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  1. 6 -

    Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!

    1978, in 1 top list Check
  2. 10 -

    Blood Diner

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  3. 28 -

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 30 -

    The Food of the Gods

    1976 — a.k.a. H.G. Wells' Food of the Gods, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 47 -

    The Hunger

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 71 -

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  7. 75 -

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  8. 81 -

    Ravenous

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  9. 83 -

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  10. 85 -

    Le sang des bêtes

    1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 96 -

    Thinner

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 99 -

    301, 302

    1995, in 1 top list Check
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Last updated on Jan 3, 2012; source