Build a Movie Review App Node & React - MERN Stack (Udemy.com)
Practice your MERN Skills By Building Real World Projects - MongoDB, Express, React, Node, Cloudinary, Tailwind etc.
Created by: Niraj Dhungana
Last updated September 2026
What you will learn
- Actual hand on hand practice of React, Node JS, Express, Cloudinary and MongoDB
- Create a beautiful web UI using Hot indemand tech React & Tailwind CSS
- To put all the pieces together you have learned so far
- To create a project which will make your portfolio stronger than ever.
- New tips and tricks on the MongoDB, React, Node JS and the Cloud
How it compares
Against the other 173 rated Udemy courses in React on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.3 out of 5higher than 23% of them
- Reviews276#117 of 174 by number of reviews
- Length41.5 hourslonger than 86% of them
- Last updatedSeptember 2026more recently than 94% of them
Course Description
Welcome to this real world practical guide where we are going to practice our MERN or Full Stack Skills by building a Movie Review App like imdb. Where we will have our own API, admin panel to upload movies and the app for normal users. This course is for those who really want to learn the core concepts without using any libraries. We will use Node.js, Express, React (functional components), MongoDB, Tailwind, Mailtrap, Cloudinary, Sendinblue etc. We will build the entire frontend with React Functional components and Context API.
Inside this course we will build an advance movie review app like IMDB where you will have your own admin pannel to upload movies and users can rate the movie from 1 to 10. As admin you can see the progress, add, update or delete the movies.
Also you can create new actors whom you can then add inside movies as they are the actors of that particular movie. At the frontend we are going to create an advance UI like slider, live search, rating models, multiple forms, and many more using React JS and Tailwind CSS.
Building complete backend API with Node.js, Express, MongoDB, Cloudinary.
Role Based Authentication (Admin & Normal User).
User Authentication With Email Verification.
Protected Routes According to Role.
Password Reset Route.
Cloud Storage for Images and Videos
Advanced MongoDB Aggregation Concepts.
Building our Admin Panel With React & Tailwind.
Advance Form with complex validation and live search fields.
Custom auto scroll slider to display featured movies.
Building Complex UI with just React & Context API.
Handling Complex Form Without any library.
To Build this project we are going to Windows System.
Who is this course for.
This course is NOT for those who don't know anything about React and Node JS. This course is mainly for those people who want to practice their Full Stack Skills. If you already know a little bit of React and how to install node js inside your computer you can easily enroll into this course and rest you can leave it to me.
IMPORTANT:
All of this course is recorded on windows machine so take this course only if you can install Node, MongoDB and Github on Mac or Linux.
Instructor Details
- 4.3 Rating
276 Reviews
Niraj Dhungana
I am a full-stack software developer from India. I like to learn new thing all the time. According to my friends and other students whom I teach on YouTube, says that I can explain complex topics in easier way.
That's why I'm here to share what I've got so far. I believe in practice so you will always find me doing practical experiments always.
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Reviews
By Sezer Mercan on 6/22/2025
I highly recommend this course if you want to learn Mertn Stack technologies, but if you are new and don't know anything about this technology then this course may be hard for you. If you know this technologies this course is one of the best to practive and improve.
By Franklin Okomba on 10/11/2024
One of the best courses out there. I m an experienced software engineer but still was able to learn a tone of tips and tricks. Instructor explains everything in detail in nice pace (not to slow or too fast) both in UI and backend
By Himanshu Gusain on 4/7/2024
Great for intermediate students. Makes your MERN concepts more solid and gives you confidence to code any website you want
By Rainer Schröder on 6/29/2023
This course is extremely valuable for me in many ways. I found solutions here, what I haven't found in any other course before. A perfectly working E-Mail-OTP-Verficiation-Authentication-Functionality is only one example. Everything is well explained in a pleasent way. This course is modern (June 2023), uses an intelligently designed easy-to-follow MVC-structure with the division of the main app in frontend and backend. As a programmer we read more code than we write. It's a pleasure to work with a self explaining code-structure like in this course. I run the final app on an Nginx-Server with reverse-proxies. Many many thanks to the instructor.
By Muhammad Umer on 4/9/2023
He doesn't provide any data that we can work with and test it on a local environment. He wastes a lot of time just writing normal jsx. A lot of time he refactors the components, that are just fine as it is. A real waste of money. The instructor just provides basic express knowledge. The authentication mechanism is not error-proof. This course wastes your time, It can be easily shortened. Backend data modeling is not that good. It is clear that the Instructor is not very experienced.
By Douglas Rokakis on 1/31/2023
The narrator's charisma/confidence emitting from the tone of his voice and the knowledge he appears to have makes me feel like I have made the right choice in taking this course.
By Naufal Faruq on 1/13/2023
Please create another one, looks like this, but for E-Commerce App, using NodeJS and MongoDB. I will always support you, as a teacher who has a clear explaination for a beginner like me. You helped me much. Thank you. Dont forget to create Fullstack MERN E-Commerce APP or even REST API for E-Commerce APP. Will glad to buy it. :)
By Arye Edri on 12/31/2022
The course consists of many topics and the material is well explained. Except for the section desploying our apps. I had problems with digitalocean - which did not work as shown in the video. You should do the course after you understand the Tailwind library.
By KYOYA OGASAWARA on 7/11/2022
I have taken several MERN stack tutorials and this is definitely the best. His explanations are thorough and clear. Lots of aha moments and very informative. Thanks to Niraj for your great work. I look forward to your future tutorials.
By Shubhayu Chakraborty on 6/7/2022
Not a beginner friendly course you need to have an advanced knowledge of JS, React JS and basics of Node JS.
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