Throughout the film's runtime, Petersen makes us live alongside this crew. Simply put, Das Boot is the submarine war movie. What Is 'Das Boot' About and How Many Versions Are There?

Saving Private Ryan, Apocalypse Now, and All Quiet on the Western Front are all among the most important war movies that defined and shaped the genre.

While many submarine films were covered, the consensus among them all is that writer-director Wolfgang Peterson's 1981 film "Das Boot" is the most accurate submarine movie ever made.