Happy endings are over-rated. Sure, it's nice to walk out of a cinema with a smile on your face and a song in your heart. But isn't it much more fulfilling to stumble out of a cinema shaken to your very core, dumbstruck by the cavalcade of bleak events a film-maker has served up in the name of 'entertainment'? Right?

A bleak ending can so much more memorable than a happy one – and it's not hard to see where Jane Campion's coming from when she says she wishes she'd stuck with her plans to give The Piano a much more downbeat ending than the final version.

With that in mind, we took to Twitter to gather suggestions for other films that could be improved with a bleaker ending. Here's a handful – share yours in the comment thread below, or tweet us @guardianfilm with the hashtag #bleakerendings.

The Death Star doesn't blow up. Chewbacca eats all the Ewoks. #bleakerendings — Guardian Film (@guardianfilm) July 8, 2013

Basically Roy Scheider just gets eaten #bleakerendings — Guardian Film (@guardianfilm) July 8, 2013

@guardianfilm 'Look, Daddy. Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings', *tree falls over, bells all smash* #bleakerendings — Rob Barker (@robbarker1982) July 8, 2013

They do not let his daughter go. He does not find them, and he does not kill them #bleakerendings — Daniel Archibald (@daarchibald) July 8, 2013

@guardianfilm Leaping from the inferno, Dumbo discovers he can't, in fact, fly. Crows refrain : "When I See An Elephant Die" #bleakerendings — Matthew Thrift (@Matt_Cinephile) July 8, 2013

@guardianfilm After finding Nemo, his father loses him once more to drugs and organised crime. #bleakerendings — Maryam Khan (@MaryamKahn) July 8, 2013

James Franco slips and gets his other arm stuck. Has to use his teeth this time. #bleakerendings — M. Wood (@useforglue) July 8, 2013

There were never any replicants ever; Tyrell was just an excellent con man; Deckard has killed dozens of humans #Bleakerendings — James Alex Davies (@_SnickerSnack) July 8, 2013

#bleakerendings R. Attenborough responds to nazi officers 'good luck' by blurting the coordinates of Blechley park, which is then bombed. — Matthew John Allison (@MattJAllison1) July 8, 2013

Babe is delicious #Bleakerendings — James Alex Davies (@_SnickerSnack) July 8, 2013