Bagdad Cafe (1987)

This is a movie that it is nearly impossible not to like.  Made in English by a German team (in Germany it is known as "Out of Rosenheim"), it stars the decidedly chubby but very likeable Marianne Sagebrecht as a tourist who has stormed off from her husband in the middle of the Mojave Desert; she lands at an isolated greasy spoon cafe and motel run by an angry CCH Pounder who lives there with her strange family; the cafe is frequented by a retired Hollywood scene-painter (a very unusual part for Jack Palance), a tattoo artist,  local indians and various truckers.  Being a typical hausfrau, Sagebrecht sets about tidying the dump up, befriending Pounder's children, posing for Palance in increasingly nude poses, and bringing her own personal and real magic to all.  She even melts Pounder's hard heart and she will certainly capture yours. The photography adds to the joy to be found in this no longer desolate spot.