MCP Toolbox for Databases vs TMDB MCP Server

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_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 — TMDB can have several unrelated companies sharing the same name (e.g. two different 'A24's, one US and one GB) — check origin_country and logo_url to tell rows apart when a name matches more than one.

search_watch_providers

Resolve a streaming/rental/purchase service's name (e.g. 'Netflix', 'Disney Plus') to its TMDB numeric provider id. Feed the id into discover_movies/discover_tv's with_watch_providers (with watch_region set to the same region given here, if any) to find top titles on that service — TMDB has no name-based lookup of its own for this, only numeric ids, and there are hundreds of providers (269+ for the US alone, more elsewhere), so don't guess an id. A provider's id and even whether it's offered at all can differ by region (e.g. a service bundled as a channel add-on in one country vs. standalone in another) — pass watch_region to match what discover_movies/discover_tv will actually see; omitting it searches the full global provider list instead, which may include ids not valid for the region the caller actually cares about.

get_movie

Get full details for one movie by TMDB id: overview, genres, runtime, budget/revenue, vote average, the age/content rating (certification) for `region` — falling back to the US rating, then any available country, when `region` has none; check `certification_region` to see which one was used — and links (TMDB + IMDb). By default also includes IMDb/Rotten Tomatoes/Metacritic ratings and an awards summary (see include_ratings), plus OMDb's own age rating (`ratings.rated` — separate from this tool's own `certification` above; the two can differ) from OMDb (set include_ratings=false to skip); if unavailable (no OMDB_API_KEY, no imdb_id, or the OMDb lookup fails), `ratings` degrades to `{found:false, reason}` instead of failing the call. If you only need the headline info (title/year/genres/vote average) — for one id or several — use get_movies instead; it's trimmed on purpose and skips the rest of this payload. Get the id from search_movies.

get_tv

Get full details for one TV show by TMDB id: overview, genres, seasons/episodes counts, networks, created_by (the show's creator(s)), status, the age/content rating (certification) for `region` — falling back to the US rating, then any available country, when `region` has none; check `certification_region` to see which one was used — and links. By default also includes IMDb/Rotten Tomatoes/Metacritic ratings and an awards summary (see include_ratings), plus OMDb's own age rating (`ratings.rated` — separate from this tool's own `certification` above; the two can differ) from OMDb (set include_ratings=false to skip); if unavailable (no OMDB_API_KEY, no imdb_id, or the OMDb lookup fails), `ratings` degrades to `{found:false, reason}` instead of failing the call. Set expand_episodes=true to also pull every season's episode list in one extra request instead of calling get_tv_season per season. If you only need the headline info (name/year/genres/vote average, season/episode counts) — for one id or several — use get_tv_shows instead; it's trimmed on purpose and skips the rest of this payload. Get the id from search_tv.

get_movies

Get a compact card — title, year, genres, vote average, and (opt-in) ratings — 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 the full details for a title (including region-specific certification). A bad/unknown id never fails the whole call — that entry comes back `{id, found:false, reason}` instead, in the same order as `ids`.

get_tv_shows

Get a compact card — name, year, genres, vote average, season/episode counts, and (opt-in) ratings — for 1-20 TV shows by TMDB id in one call. A quick way to spot short/miniseries shows (low episode count) across many candidates without a per-title get_tv call. Deliberately trimmed otherwise (no overview, the actual episode list, networks, certifications, etc.): use this for a single id too when you only need that headline info and not the full get_tv payload, not just for checking many at once. Call get_tv instead when you need the full details for a title (including region-specific certification). A bad/unknown id never fails the whole call — that entry comes back `{id, found:false, reason}` instead, in the same order as `ids`.

get_person

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