MCP server for The Movie Database (TMDB) with IMDb/Rotten Tomatoes/Metacritic ratings via OMDb.
Connect Runs on your machine
claude mcp add tmdb-mcp -e TMDB_API_TOKEN=<TMDB_API_TOKEN> -e OMDB_API_KEY=<OMDB_API_KEY> -e TMDB_LANGUAGE=<TMDB_LANGUAGE> -e TMDB_REGION=<TMDB_REGION> -- npx -y [email protected]
{
"mcpServers": {
"tmdb-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"TMDB_API_TOKEN": "<TMDB_API_TOKEN>",
"OMDB_API_KEY": "<OMDB_API_KEY>",
"TMDB_LANGUAGE": "<TMDB_LANGUAGE>",
"TMDB_REGION": "<TMDB_REGION>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"tmdb-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"TMDB_API_TOKEN": "<TMDB_API_TOKEN>",
"OMDB_API_KEY": "<OMDB_API_KEY>",
"TMDB_LANGUAGE": "<TMDB_LANGUAGE>",
"TMDB_REGION": "<TMDB_REGION>"
}
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"tmdb-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"TMDB_API_TOKEN": "<TMDB_API_TOKEN>",
"OMDB_API_KEY": "<OMDB_API_KEY>",
"TMDB_LANGUAGE": "<TMDB_LANGUAGE>",
"TMDB_REGION": "<TMDB_REGION>"
}
}
}
}
Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.
Tools
This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.
Environment variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
TMDB_API_TOKENRequired, secret | Required. TMDB v4 'Read Access Token' from themoviedb.org/settings/api (sent as a Bearer token). |
OMDB_API_KEYOptional, secret | Optional. Free key from omdbapi.com — enables IMDb/Rotten Tomatoes/Metacritic ratings. |
TMDB_LANGUAGEOptional | Optional. Default response language as ISO-639-1, optionally with a region (e.g. ru-RU, en-US, ja). |
TMDB_REGIONOptional | Optional. Default ISO-3166-1 country code (e.g. US, RU, GB) for region-specific results. |
Details
| Package | [email protected] (NPM, stdio) |
| Package | https://github.com/Grinv/tmdb-mcp/releases/download/v0.14.0/[email protected] (MCPB, stdio) |
| First published | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Last updated | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.Grinv/tmdb-mcp |
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