Pixar movies are great because of their characters and their storylines but also because they pay homage to the great movies that came before it. And they’re not even’t imitating animation movies, it’s a tribute to cinema, it’s live action films that get paid the form of flattery. Many of the scenes you can recognize immediately (like when you’re watching Toy Story or Wall-E) and others are done tongue in cheek, but some you’ll have to dig a little deeper to remember.


Jorge Luengo Ruiz shows how Pixar imitates movies to pay respect to cinema in the video below.