Movie Database MCP Server (Simplified)

A FastMCP server that provides access to a MongoDB movie database with natural language queries.

Features

Search movies by title, genre, actor, year, or rating
Get top-rated movies by year or genre
Count movies matching criteria
Get detailed information about specific movies

Prerequisites

Python 3.7+
MongoDB (local or cloud)
sample_mflix database with movies collection

Installation

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/patw/movie-mcp-simple.git
cd movie-mcp-simple

Install dependencies:

pip install pymongo fastmcp python-dotenv

Create a .env file with your MongoDB connection string:

cp sample.env .env

Edit the .env file to add your actual MongoDB URI.

Usage

Configure the MCP server in Claude desktop with the following config:

{
"mcpServers": {
"Movie Database": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--with",
        "fastmcp, pymongo",
        "fastmcp",
        "run",
        "<path to>/movie-mcp-simple/movie-mcp.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Example queries you can ask:

"Find movies with Tom Hanks"
"How many Comedy movies are there?"
"What are the top 5 movies from 1994?"
"Show me details for The Shawshank Redemption"

MCP Tools

The server provides these tools:

`find_movies`

Search for movies with various filters:

find_movies(title=None, genre=None, actor=None, year=None, min_rating=None, limit=10)

`count_movies`

Count movies matching criteria:

count_movies(genre=None, year=None, min_rating=None)

`get_top_movies`

Get highest rated movies:

get_top_movies(year=None, genre=None, limit=5)

`get_movie_details`

Get full details for a specific movie:

get_movie_details(title)

License

MIT