The Movie DB MCP Server

Sample for how to create MCP server. Using the The Movie DB API.

Before starting, create

.env

In the .env, add the The Movie DB token

token=YOUR_API_TOKEN

Run the server

bun app.ts

The server will run http://localhost:3000/mcp.

Add the MCP server in your client.

{
    "themoviedb-mcp": {
        "url": "http://localhost:3000/mcp",
        "type": "sse"
    }
}

Supported Function

• popular_movie
• now_playing_movie
• movie_detail
• cast_list
• search_movie

1. popular_movie

• Parameters:
  • language (optional, default: 'en-US')
  • page (optional, default: 1)

2. now_playing_movie

• Parameters:
  • None (no parameters required)

3. movie_detail

• Parameters:
  • movie_id (required)
  • language (optional, default: 'en-US')

4. cast_list

• Parameters:
  • movie_id (required)
  • language (optional, default: 'en-US')

5. search_movie

• Parameters:
  • query (required)
  • page (optional, default: 1)
  • language (optional, default: 'en-US')
  • year (optional)