Personally I thought the ending of 2001 was grotesque. Some folks loved the entire movie. I probably despised it completely. When HAL turned on them I lost interest. I have read that some say they think it is a GREAT movie. Not my cuppa tea. Yours?
Anyway 20,000 leagues under the sea with captain Nemo? I think I'd get clausttrophobic. Any one of the bazillion Twilight Zone Episodes?
Rod Serling did not author all of them. He had writers who wrote some doozies.