20 Most Epic Movie Moments Of 2016
19. Michelle Vs. The Monster - 10 Cloverfield Lane
After Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) escapes Howard's (John Goodman) clutches, she finds herself being pursued by a bio-mechanical alien aircraft.
She's then chased by a smaller, dog-like creature, before the aircraft deploys a seemingly noxious gas, forcing Michelle to put her gas mask back on and attempt to escape in her car.
The dog-alien attacks once more, after which the craft lifts Michelle's car into the air, attempting to eat her, but she turns a trusty bottle of booze into a molotov cocktail and hurls it in the creature's jaw mouth in time, apparently killing it and setting her free.
Some complain that the movie's finale feels too disconnected from and tacked onto the character-driven drama of the first hour, but it's still one Hell of a payoff.