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The sort of ending a movie "should" have will obviously depend on the particular story in question. I'm a big fan of tragedies and bleak endings, but I also find it cheap when movies tack on a "just kidding! The monster was still alive the whole time!" moment in the final seconds of the movie. It just seems lazy and unplanned.
Whether it's "bleak" or not, I prefer an ending that's ambiguous. If something "doesn't sit quite right" at the end of the movie, I'm more likely to reflect on it long after the movie is over. (Of course, a movie that just does a bad job telling its story to a point where it's confusing wouldn't fit in this satisfyingly ambiguous category)
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