10 Insane Endings From Recent Movies

Endings are perhaps the single most important part of any movie, because it leaves the audience with their departing impression of a given story.

Knock it out of the park and it can be the cherry on top, even elevating all that came before, but screw it up and it can derail all the hard work leading up to that point.

And then there are those endings so off-kilter, so utterly bewildering and unexpected, that audiences might be left unsure of precisely what to think about them.

That's totally the case with these 10 recent movie endings, each of which challenged viewers with their left-field twists and ambitious deviations from formula.

From surprise fight scenes in musical biopics to jaw-dropping reveals, and even an unintentionally hilarious final shot, these movies all went absolutely hog wild in the final stretch, for better or worse.

Some of these endings absolutely hit the mark, while others were highly questionable, and then there were those that split audiences firmly down the middle, ensuring that they'll be debated forever more.

Above all else, these bonkers endings certainly won't be easily forgotten...

Better Man is about as insane as musical biopics get, depicting pop icon Robbie Williams as an anthropomorphic chimp as a reflection of how Williams views himself - totally unevolved.

The film climaxes with Williams' (Jonno Davies) record-breaking 2003 performance at Knebworth Festival, where he finds himself overcome by his own thoughts of self-doubt - symbolised by past versions of himself verbally abusing him.

This leads to a mesmerising sequence where Robbie clashes with his other selves in a surreal, battle royale-esque fight to the death, stabbing the other Robbies with a sword while accompanied by Williams' anthemic "Let Me Entertain You."

Though a moving sequence follows in which Robbie reconciles with his father Peter (Steve Pemberton), it's the fight scene that's most likely to stick with viewers as the end credits roll, the battle finally allowing Robbie to realise that he needs to address his personal issues.

Can we get more bold, off-the-wall musical biopics like this, please?