diff --git a/backend/routes/movies.js b/backend/routes/movies.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6bd938ad427a9f70dca192fa4675ea8b48838842
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/routes/movies.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+const express = require("express");
+const router = express.Router();
+
+router.get("/", function (req, res) {
+  res.send(["element1", "element2"]);
+});
+
+module.exports = router;
diff --git a/backend/server.js b/backend/server.js
index 17e62cf00ae6e836ea4fe18568b79ee37e4f8093..c6375f1cd02a47f96b23453d066919c52a182fb1 100644
--- a/backend/server.js
+++ b/backend/server.js
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ const cors = require("cors");
 const mongoose = require("mongoose");
 const indexRouter = require("./routes/index");
 const usersRouter = require("./routes/users");
+const moviesRouter = require("./routes/movies")
 const routeNotFoundJsonHandler = require("./services/routeNotFoundJsonHandler");
 const jsonErrorHandler = require("./services/jsonErrorHandler");
 
-mongoose.connect(process.env.MONGO_DB_URL);
+//mongoose.connect(process.env.MONGO_DB_URL);
 
 const app = express();
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
 // Register routes
 app.use("/", indexRouter);
 app.use("/users", usersRouter);
+app.use("/movies", moviesRouter)
 
 // Register 404 middleware and error handler
 app.use(routeNotFoundJsonHandler); // this middleware must be registered after all routes to handle 404 correctly