TMDB MCP Server

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• discover_movies
• discover_tv
• find_by_imdb_id

  Resolve an IMDb id (e.g. 'tt0133093') to TMDB entities \u2014 returns matching movie, TV and person results. Use when you only have an IMDb id and need the TMDB id for the other tools. Only matches whole movies/shows/people: IMDb also assigns 'tt' ids to individual episodes (verified live, e.g. Breaking Bad's pilot 'tt0959621'), which this tool does not resolve \u2014 such an id comes back with ev

• get_collection

  Get a movie collection/franchise and all its parts in release order (e.g. the whole 'The Dark Knight Collection'). Get the collection id from search_collections (by franchise name) or from a movie's `collection` field in get_movie.

• get_movie
• get_movie_credits

  List the top-billed cast (up to 20) and the headline crew (director, writers, composer, DoP, \u2026) of a movie by TMDB id. Get the id from search_movies.

• get_movie_genres

  List TMDB movie genres with their numeric ids and names (reference data; rarely changes). Feed the ids into discover_movies' with_genres/without_genres.

• get_movie_recommendations

  Get movies TMDB recommends for the given movie id, based on co-viewing/personalization data (what users who liked this also liked) \u2014 usually the more thematically relevant list. Prefer this over get_similar as the default choice; get_similar matches on shared genres/keywords, a blunter heuristic that can surface tonally unrelated titles. Get the id from search_movies.

• get_movie_releases
• get_movies

  Get a compact card \u2014 title, year, genres, vote average, and (opt-in) ratings \u2014 for 1-20 movies by TMDB id in one call. Deliberately trimmed (no overview, cast, budget, certifications, production companies, etc.): use this for a single id too when you only need that headline info and not the full get_movie payload, not just for checking many at once. Call get_movie instead when you need t

• get_person

  Get full details for one person by TMDB id: biography, birthday/deathday, department, and links (TMDB + IMDb). Does not include filmography \u2014 use get_person_credits for that. Get the id from search_people or a credits list.

• get_person_credits
• get_ratings
• get_reviews

  Get user reviews for a movie or TV show (author, that one reviewer's own 0-10 `rating` if they left one \u2014 a single person's score, not the aggregate `vote_average` and not an IMDb/RT/Metacritic value; it can be null, and the review text, clipped to ~1500 characters). Get the id from search_movies/search_tv.

• get_similar

  Get titles TMDB considers similar to a given movie or TV show, based on shared genres and keywords \u2014 a blunter heuristic than get_movie_recommendations'/get_tv_recommendations' behavioral (co-viewing) data, so results are often thematically noisy (verified live: The Matrix's first page mixes Videodrome and Dune with The Man with the Golden Gun). Returned exactly as TMDB ranks them, 20 per pag

• get_trending

  Get what's trending on TMDB. media_type selects movies, TV, people, or all; time_window is the trending period (today vs this week). Good for 'what's popular right now'. Each result row carries its own media_type ('movie' | 'tv' | 'person') \u2014 check it to route to the right get_* tool, especially when media_type is left at 'all'.

• get_tv
• get_tv_credits

  List a TV show's cast and key crew across its whole run, by TMDB id: up to 20 cast members ranked by how many episodes they appear in (each with their main character and episode_count), plus up to 5 people per key crew job \u2014 Director, Writer, Teleplay, Story, Executive Producer, Producer, Original Music Composer, Director of Photography \u2014 ranked by episode_count, so 'who directed most of

• get_tv_episode

  Get one episode of a TV show by show id + season number + episode number: overview, air date, runtime, TMDB vote average (`vote_average`, TMDB's own 0-10 user score \u2014 not an IMDb/RT/Metacritic score; get_movie/get_tv's `ratings` are whole-show only and this tool makes no OMDb call), guest stars (up to 15) and director/writer. Also returns the episode's own `imdb_id`/`imdb_url` \u2014 pass tha

• get_tv_genres

  List TMDB TV genres with their numeric ids and names (reference data; rarely changes). Feed the ids into discover_tv's with_genres/without_genres.

• get_tv_recommendations

  Get TV shows TMDB recommends for the given show id, based on co-viewing/personalization data (what users who liked this also liked) \u2014 usually the more thematically relevant list. Prefer this over get_similar as the default choice; get_similar matches on shared genres/keywords, a blunter heuristic that can surface tonally unrelated titles. Get the id from search_tv.

• get_tv_season

  Get one season of a TV show (by show id + season number): overview and the episode list with air dates, runtimes and TMDB vote averages (per-episode `vote_average`, TMDB's own 0-10 user score \u2014 not the IMDb/RT/Metacritic scores get_movie/get_tv return as `ratings`, which are whole-show only; this tool makes no OMDb call, and TMDB's season payload carries no per-episode IMDb ids either, so cal

• get_tv_shows
• get_videos

  List trailers, teasers and clips for a movie or TV show; YouTube entries include a watch URL. Get the id from search_movies/search_tv. Returns videos in the server's configured TMDB_LANGUAGE (default 'en-US') plus English, the title's original language (e.g. Spirited Away's Japanese trailer) and untagged ones; each entry's `language` (ISO-639-1) says which. No per-call language override.

• get_watch_providers

  Find where a movie or TV show can be streamed, rented or bought in a given country (JustWatch data via TMDB). Returns provider names per access type for that country; if it has no data, returns `available:false` plus `available_regions` to retry with. Get the id from search_movies/search_tv.

• search_collections

  Resolve a franchise/series name (e.g. 'harry potter', 'james bond') to its TMDB collection id \u2014 a collection is TMDB's grouping of a movie series' films. Pass the id to get_collection for every part in release order. Use this when you only have the franchise name; if you already have one of its movies, get_movie's `collection` field carries the same id. Movies only: collection parts are movie

• search_companies

  Resolve a production company's name to its TMDB numeric id (e.g. 'A24', 'Pixar'). Feed the id into discover_movies/discover_tv via with_companies. Company names aren't unique \u2014 TMDB can have several unrelated companies sharing the same name (e.g. two different 'A24's, one US and one GB) \u2014 check origin_country and logo_url to tell rows apart when a name matches more than one.

• search_keywords

  Resolve keyword names to TMDB keyword ids (e.g. 'time travel', 'based on true story'). Feed the ids into discover_movies/discover_tv via with_keywords / without_keywords.

• search_movies

  Search TMDB movies by title; returns compact summaries with the TMDB id that the other movie tools (get_movie, get_movie_credits, \u2026) require, plus pagination info. Use this over search_multi when you already know the result is a movie. `region` here only picks which country's release_date is shown per result (e.g. a title's US vs. India theatrical date) \u2014 verified live, it does not filte

• search_multi

  Search movies, TV shows and people in one call. Each result carries a media_type ('movie' | 'tv' | 'person') so you can route to the right get_* tool. Use when the user's query could be any of these; if you already know the type, search_movies/search_tv/search_people are more precise.

• search_people

  Search TMDB people (actors, directors, crew) by name; returns the TMDB id needed by get_person plus their top 5 best-known titles (known_for). Use this over search_multi when you already know the result is a person.

• search_tv

  Search TMDB TV shows by name; returns compact summaries with the TMDB id that get_tv and the other TV tools require. Use this over search_multi when you already know the result is a TV show.

• search_watch_providers

• Code scan2 source files scanned20/25
• –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
• –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
• Auth qualitystatic API keys via environment variables6/15
• Maintenancelast push 12 days ago15/15
• Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10

Safety score

75/100

higher than 35% of 802 Databases servers

Tools

33

the typical Databases server has 8

Tools that change things

0%

typical: 9%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break

GitHub stars

4

more than 70% of 602 Databases servers

Downloads a week

207

more than 71% of 330 Databases servers with a package

TMDB MCP Server: common questions

Is TMDB MCP Server safe?

Mostly: it is graded B (75/100). Read the TMDB MCP Server safety report

How do I install TMDB MCP Server?

It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.

Does TMDB MCP Server need an API key?

Yes. The registry entry asks for TMDB_API_TOKEN, OMDB_API_KEY.

Is TMDB MCP Server maintained?

The last commit was 14 days ago (2026-10-22). The latest release is v0.14.0.

What can I use instead of TMDB MCP Server?

Servers from other publishers that do the same job: ČSFD MCP server, CogniCore MCP server and DBHub MCP server.

How does TMDB MCP Server compare with other Databases MCP servers?

safety score 75/100 (higher than 35% of 802 Databases servers); tools 33 (the typical Databases server has 8); tools that change things 0% (typical: 9%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.