Das Boot (1981)

The absolute high-water mark for acoustic terror in cinema. Petersen transforms the interior of U-96 into a sounding board of sheer dread, where the agonizing ping of British ASDIC echoes off the rivets before depth charges detonate with brutal, chest-compressing low-frequency violence. The sound design captures every flex of the pressurised hull, every nervous breath in silent running, and the horrific metallic shriek of steel plates straining past their crush depth.