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

1. Clone this repository:

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

2. Install dependencies:

pip install pymongo fastmcp python-dotenv

3. 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