MCP Server

TMDB MCP Server MCP Server

Name: TMDB MCP Server MCP Server
Author: io.github.Grinv

io.github.Grinv/tmdb-mcp

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What is the TMDB MCP Server MCP server?

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

How to install TMDB MCP Server

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

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

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tmdb-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tmdb-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TMDB_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TMDB_API_TOKEN>",
        "OMDB_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OMDB_API_KEY>",
        "TMDB_LANGUAGE": "<YOUR_TMDB_LANGUAGE>",
        "TMDB_REGION": "<YOUR_TMDB_REGION>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tmdb-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tmdb-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TMDB_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TMDB_API_TOKEN>",
        "OMDB_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OMDB_API_KEY>",
        "TMDB_LANGUAGE": "<YOUR_TMDB_LANGUAGE>",
        "TMDB_REGION": "<YOUR_TMDB_REGION>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tmdb-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tmdb-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TMDB_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TMDB_API_TOKEN>",
        "OMDB_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OMDB_API_KEY>",
        "TMDB_LANGUAGE": "<YOUR_TMDB_LANGUAGE>",
        "TMDB_REGION": "<YOUR_TMDB_REGION>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "tmdb-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tmdb-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TMDB_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TMDB_API_TOKEN>",
        "OMDB_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OMDB_API_KEY>",
        "TMDB_LANGUAGE": "<YOUR_TMDB_LANGUAGE>",
        "TMDB_REGION": "<YOUR_TMDB_REGION>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add tmdb-mcp --env TMDB_API_TOKEN=<YOUR_TMDB_API_TOKEN> --env OMDB_API_KEY=<YOUR_OMDB_API_KEY> --env TMDB_LANGUAGE=<YOUR_TMDB_LANGUAGE> --env TMDB_REGION=<YOUR_TMDB_REGION> -- npx -y tmdb-mcp