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TMDB MCP Server

io.github.Grinv/tmdb-mcp · v0.14.0

MCP server for The Movie Database (TMDB) with IMDb/Rotten Tomatoes/Metacritic ratings via OMDb.

Connect Runs on your machine

Terminal
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]
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "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>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "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>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "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

NameDescription
TMDB_API_TOKEN
Required, secret
Required. TMDB v4 'Read Access Token' from themoviedb.org/settings/api (sent as a Bearer token).
OMDB_API_KEY
Optional, secret
Optional. Free key from omdbapi.com — enables IMDb/Rotten Tomatoes/Metacritic ratings.
TMDB_LANGUAGE
Optional
Optional. Default response language as ISO-639-1, optionally with a region (e.g. ru-RU, en-US, ja).
TMDB_REGION
Optional
Optional. Default ISO-3166-1 country code (e.g. US, RU, GB) for region-specific results.

Details

Package[email protected] (NPM, stdio)
Packagehttps://github.com/Grinv/tmdb-mcp/releases/download/v0.14.0/[email protected] (MCPB, stdio)
First published22 Oct 2026
Last updated22 Oct 2026
Registry nameio.github.Grinv/tmdb-mcp

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