Oscars 2018: Dunkirk nominated for eight awards

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Harry Styles in Dunkirk Movie. He is sitting with co-stars on the beach.Image source, Warner Bros
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This is the first time that Harry Styles has acted in a film like this

We finally know which films are in the running to get Oscars this year - and Harry Styles's first film Dunkirk has been nominated for a massive eight awards.

Oscars are awarded in 24 different categories. Fourteen nominations is the record for the highest number of nominations for a film in a single year.

Dunkirk is in the running for production design, cinematography, sound editing, sound mixing, original score, filming editing, director and - the most important prize of the lot - best picture.

But which other films are in the running?

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Beauty and the Beast is in the running for two Oscars this year, after it was named as the biggest film in the UK last year

The live action remake of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson, is up for two awards, for production and costume design.

Meanwhile, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, will be hoping to bag an award for sound editing, sound mixing, original score and / or visual effects.

Animation is also recognised in the Academy Awards and, this year, Coco has picked up two nominations for best animated feature film and original song for Remember Me.

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Pixar's Coco takes fans to the Land of the Dead

The Boss Baby, The Breadwinner, Ferdinand and Loving Vincent are also in the running for best animated feature film.

We will know who scoops the prizes at the 90th Academy Awards when they take place on Sunday 4 March.