Filming Locations MCP server
{
"mcpServers": {
"filmmap": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://thefilmmap.com/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"filmmap": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://thefilmmap.com/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"filmmap": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://thefilmmap.com/mcp"
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"filmmap": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://thefilmmap.com/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"filmmap": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://thefilmmap.com/mcp"
}
}
}file .mcp.json (in your project root)file claude_desktop_config.jsonfile ~/.cursor/mcp.jsonfile .vscode/mcp.jsonfile ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.jsonversion 1.1.0
What it does
FilmMap MCP server provides access to 15,368 filming locations across 166 countries and 13,312 films, series, video games, anime and manga recorded at or set in them. The data comes from Wikidata and is available read-only via a hosted HTTP endpoint. It is intended for developers building applications that need to query where productions were filmed or what was made at specific locations.
- Look up a film or series title to find all the real-world locations where it was shot, with coordinates and evidence sources.
- Search for a place and discover all films, series, games, anime and manga that were filmed or set there, ranked by relevance.
- Find filming locations near a geographic coordinate within a specified radius to explore what productions used nearby areas.
Tools this server exposes
| Tool | Does |
|---|---|
| where_was_it_filmed | Given a production title, returns the places it was shot at or set in, with coordinates and evidence. |
| what_was_filmed_here | Given a place, returns all productions recorded as made or set there. |
| search_productions | Find productions by name, case- and accent-insensitive, with best matches first. |
| search_locations | Find places by name, optionally filtered by country or kind of place. |
| locations_near | Find filming locations within a specified radius of a WGS84 coordinate, with distances in kilometers. |
| top_locations | Retrieve the most-used filming locations ranked worldwide, by country, or by kind of place. |
| list_countries | List every country with counts of how many filming locations it contains. |
| get_statistics | Return live aggregate statistics including totals by medium and place type, top countries, and busiest locations. |
Before you enable it
An MCP server runs with whatever access you give it. Start with a development account rather than production, and check which tools the server exposes before you let an agent call them unattended.