The film Pacific Heights is my second favorite cautionary tale about tenants from hell.
My favorite tale (this one a true story) was circulated on Mr. Money Mustache a few years sgo. While I wont have the details right, the general gist is: a man bought a house. It had a tenant in it and the lease was up. Tenant wouldnt leave. Court battles ensued and the tenant stayed, free of rent, for about three years. He was experienced in this game. The jammed up cpurt system worked in his favor.It was thought that his attorney fees were about half of the cost of rent, which is why he continued to act this way. He had money, he just didn't want to pay it to rent.
This was in California. The film Pacific Heights was about San Francisco tenant rights. Our friend left SF in part due to escalating costs of landlording in the tenant friendly environment there.