The TMDB MCP Server provides access to The Movie Database (TMDB) API through the Model Context Protocol interface. This server allows AI assistants to search and retrieve movie information, making it easy to integrate film data into AI conversations.
Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/rakeshgangwar/tmdb-mcp-server.git
cd tmdb-mcp-server
Install dependencies:
npm install
Build the server:
npm run build
Configure the server in your MCP settings file (typically cline_mcp_settings.json
):
{
"mcpServers": {
"tmdb": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/path/to/tmdb-mcp-server/dist/index.js"],
"env": {
"TMDB_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
},
"disabled": false,
"autoApprove": []
}
}
}
Be sure to:
your-api-key-here
with your actual TMDB API key/path/to/
with the correct path to your installationThis tool allows you to search for movies in the TMDB database.
Parameters:
query
(required): Search term for finding moviesyear
(optional): Filter results by release yearpage
(optional): Specify result page number (default: 1)Example usage:
{
"query": "Inception",
"year": 2010,
"page": 1
}
This will return movie results matching "Inception" from the year 2010, displaying the first page of results.
The TMDB MCP Server provides:
To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:
claude mcp add-json "tmdb" '{"command":"node","args":["/path/to/tmdb-mcp-server/dist/index.js"],"env":{"TMDB_API_KEY":"your-api-key-here"},"disabled":false,"autoApprove":[]}'
See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.
There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json
file so that it is available in all of your projects.
If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json
file.
To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".
When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json
file will be opened and you can add your server like this:
{
"mcpServers": {
"tmdb": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/tmdb-mcp-server/dist/index.js"
],
"env": {
"TMDB_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
},
"disabled": false,
"autoApprove": []
}
}
}
To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json
file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.
Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.
The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.
You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.
To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:
1. Find your configuration file:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
2. Add this to your configuration file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"tmdb": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/tmdb-mcp-server/dist/index.js"
],
"env": {
"TMDB_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
},
"disabled": false,
"autoApprove": []
}
}
}
3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect