Pacific Heights (1990)

An affectionate couple finds their home-buying plan turned upside down by a sociopathic renter in the real-estate-themed thriller Pacific Heights (1990). Patty (Melanie Griffith) and Drake (Matthew Modine) figure they’ve found the perfect way to afford their dream house––a late-nineteenth-century Victorian mansion on the Pacific coast. By renting out the downstairs floors to tenants, the couple plans to pay down their high six-figure mortgage and enjoy life on the scenic top floors. Unfortunately, they do a poor job of screening their renters. Sure, the Watanabes are cool, but their other tenant, Carter (Michael Keaton) turns out to be a menacing sadist who uses the full leverage of the law to his advantage. He locks himself into the apartment and dodges paying rent, manages to get Drake to hit him so he can sue the poor man, somehow knows how to evade every eviction law in the books, and eventually goes so far as to steal Drake's identity and run up all sorts of charges on his credit card. With their lives ruined, Drake and Patty finally get the fella to flee, but eventually have to track him down when he keeps pretending to be Drake. Be quite careful who you rent your house to, friends. Most of John Schlesinger’s film focuses on the conflict with this tenant from hell, but the director does pull back to allow costar Beverly D’Angelo the opportunity to make a security deposit of her own––a priceless flash of front and bottom. Her sex appeal truly rose to new heights when we watched Micheal Keaton rub an ice cube all over Beverly's boobs and buns. Bev's body will live rent free in your head after watching Pacific Heights!