Netflix Secret Codes Updated December 2024
What are the secret/hidden Netflix codes?
You may have heard about "secret Netflix codes" that Netflix uses, or how you can unlock hidden movies and TV shows. While this may sound like a hackers trick, it's actually not that complicated, and it's not really unlocking anything!
Netflix has a fairly large database of titles, and because they want to keep you happy, they show you movies and shows that they think you'll want to watch. What that also means is that they won't show you titles that they think you aren't interested in...
So these titles are essentially hidden from you, but they aren't being kept from you. You can access them by searching for them directly OR by browsing the genres and subgenres that Netflix uses to classify movies.
What is a Netflix Genre?
These Genres are just categories that movies and shows are grouped under. Some you've seen before, and even appear in the Netflix menus:
- Action
- Drama
- Horror
- etc.
Some are crazy-specific, and we usually call these subgenres (although crazy-specific-genres might be more descriptive):
- Action & Adventure starring Chuck Norris
- Cerebral French-Language Movies from the 1950s
- Suspenseful Sci-Fi & Fantasy based on Books
- and lots more...
How to use these hidden Netflix codes
If you know the numeric code that goes with each Netflix genre/subgenre, you can get a list of all the movies on Netflix within that category. For example, the code for Spanish-Language Biographical Documentaries is 52855, and the code for Dramas directed by Sidney Lumet is 4571.
Netflix has a webpage for each genre/code, and you can either type the code in, or use the links in our list below to view those pages...it's that easy! Here's how the webpage URL are structured:
https://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/52855 is the page for code 52885 (which is Spanish-Language Biographical Documentaries)
Simply change the code at the end for whichever secret Netflix code you want to view, and you'll see what's available in your country under that category!
Want to actually unlock movies that even secret codes can't give you?
Netflix has different movies that they make available in each country. Some countries have many more titles than other countries, maybe more than yours, and certainly different ones!
We've got instructions that will allow you to unlock these movies and TV shows using a VPN, allowing you to switch between countries and watch all these extra titles!
Check out our "Get American Netflix" page to learn how to watch American Netflix plus Netflix in over 50 other countries. And make sure you use the links on that page to sign-up, since we have an exclusive offer that will save you money!
Stop Missing Out! Unlock International NetflixComplete List of Netflix genre codes
We've put in the effort of finding as many of these "secret codes" as we could so we could list them here. We've currently found 28296 of them!
Sometimes a code will be slightly different in different countries, or may not even exist. If you find a code that we don't have please contact us so we can update our list!
We've got three different ways that you can view the entire list. With so many hyper-specific categories, it's hard to know how to best display them! Each genre is a link to the Netflix genre page that will open in a new window, but you will need to be logged into Netflix to view them all.
Netflix Secret Codes
Alphabetical order, based on the name of the subgenre:
- 54008 - Emotional Spiritual Documentaries
- 48465 - Emotional Sports 20th Century Period Pieces
- 80378 - Emotional Sports Action & Adventure
- 4062 - African-American Comedies from the 1970s
- 40952 - Emotional Sports Documentaries
- 22713 - Emotional Sports Dramas based on real life
- 71216 - Emotional Sports Dramas from the 1970s
- 89119 - Emotional Sports Made-for-TV Movies
- 7793 - Emotional Sports Movies
- 22664 - Emotional Sports Movies based on real life
- 69517 - Emotional Sports Movies from the 1970s
- 66765 - Emotional Sports TV Shows
- 69488 - Emotional Spy Movies
- 28857 - Emotional Steamy Romance
- 3053 - African-American Crime Action & Adventure
- 42831 - Emotional Supernatural Dramas
- 92533 - Emotional Supernatural Dramas based on Books
- 42236 - Emotional Supernatural Movies
- 62385 - Emotional Supernatural Movies based on Books
- 78329 - Emotional Supernatural Thrillers
- 43193 - Emotional Suspenseful Action & Adventure
- 75044 - Emotional Suspenseful Action Thrillers
- 38819 - Emotional Suspenseful Foreign Movies
- 56120 - Emotional Suspenseful Independent Movies
- 69582 - Emotional Suspenseful Military Movies
- 177 - African-American Crime Comedies
- 55103 - Emotional Suspenseful Movies based on Books
- 38716 - Emotional Suspenseful Movies based on real life
- 55994 - Emotional Suspenseful Psychological Movies
- 75047 - Emotional Suspenseful Revenge Movies
- 78791 - Emotional Suspenseful Supernatural Movies
- 73711 - Emotional Suspenseful TV Dramas
- 65102 - Emotional Suspenseful TV Shows
- 68328 - Emotional Swedish Dramas
- 68205 - Emotional Swedish Movies
- 40834 - Emotional Teen Coming-of-age Dramas
- 1 - African-American Crime Documentaries
- 33928 - Emotional Teen Coming-of-age Movies
- 24635 - Emotional Teen Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 50940 - Emotional Teen First-Love Dramas
- 37476 - Emotional Teen First-Love Movies
- 24074 - Emotional Teen Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 66207 - Emotional Teen Romance
- 82660 - Emotional Teen TV
- 82816 - Emotional Teen TV Dramas
- 82867 - Emotional Teen TV Shows
- 53190 - Emotional Thrillers based on Books
- 3959 - African-American Crime Dramas
- 44479 - Emotional Thrillers based on real life
- 44757 - Emotional Thrillers Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 76000 - Emotional Time Travel Movies
- 34223 - Emotional Tortured-Genius Dramas
- 37563 - Emotional Tortured-Genius Dramas based on real life
- 34161 - Emotional Tortured-Genius Movies
- 37615 - Emotional Tortured-Genius Movies based on real life
- 81086 - Emotional True Crime Dramas
- 81040 - Emotional True Crime Movies
- 73326 - Emotional TV Comedies
- 4330 - African-American Dramas based on Books
- 79132 - Emotional TV Comedies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 49024 - Emotional TV Documentaries
- 26095 - Emotional TV Dramas
- 40259 - Emotional TV Dramas about Marriage
- 40343 - Emotional TV Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 79207 - Emotional TV Dramas from the 1990s
- 25916 - Emotional TV Dramedies
- 75189 - Emotional TV Dramedies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 25833 - Emotional TV Shows
- 39898 - Emotional TV Shows about Marriage
- 307 - African-American Independent Comedies
- 40217 - Emotional TV Shows Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 79182 - Emotional TV Shows from the 1990s
- 55169 - Emotional TV Teen Dramas
- 28022 - Emotional Underdog Dramas
- 27359 - Emotional Underdog Dramas based on real life
- 26735 - Emotional Underdog Movies
- 27567 - Emotional Underdog Movies based on real life
- 71178 - Emotional Vietnam War Dramas
- 71007 - Emotional Vietnam War Movies
- 5904 - Emotional War Dramas
- 2625 - African-American Independent Crime Dramas
- 9388 - Emotional War Movies
- 21100 - Emotional Wedding Movies
- 23767 - Emotional Westerns
- 73030 - Emotional Whistleblower Movies
- 25778 - Emotional Wilderness-survival Dramas
- 23229 - Emotional Wilderness-survival Movies
- 90898 - Emotional Workplace Dramas
- 69474 - Emotional Workplace Movies
- 34871 - Emotional Workplace TV Dramas
- 34933 - Emotional Workplace TV Shows
- 49266 - Competition Reality TV
- 2081 - African-American Military Movies
- 70608 - Emotional WWII Documentaries
- 70114 - Emotional WWII Dramas
- 71515 - Emotional WWII Dramas based on Books
- 70668 - Emotional WWII Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 70520 - Emotional WWII Dramas based on real life
- 70066 - Emotional WWII Movies
- 70824 - Emotional WWII Movies based on Books
- 70812 - Emotional WWII Movies based on contemporary literature
- 71365 - Emotional WWII Movies based on real life
- 75049 - Emotional WWII TV Shows
- 575 - African-American Movies
- 20424 - End-of-the-World Action & Adventure
- 21022 - End-of-the-World Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 43433 - End-of-the-World Action Thrillers
- 18343 - End-of-the-World Comedies
- 22544 - End-of-the-World Documentaries
- 33264 - End-of-the-World Dramas
- 79162 - End-of-the-World Faith & Spirituality Movies
- 28192 - End-of-the-World Faith and Spirituality
- 18210 - End-of-the-World Horror Movies
- 19201 - End-of-the-World Movies
- 3080 - African-American Movies based on Books
- 24156 - End-of-the-World Movies from the 1960s
- 17987 - End-of-the-World Movies from the 1970s
- 19412 - End-of-the-World Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 26642 - End-of-the-World Sci-Fi Dramas
- 21774 - End-of-the-World Sci-Fi Horror Movies
- 20008 - End-of-the-World Sci-Fi Thrillers
- 19807 - End-of-the-World Thrillers
- 72329 - End-of-the-World TV Documentaries
- 35654 - End-of-the-World TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 25783 - End-of-the-World TV Shows
- 1564 - African-American Political Movies
- 53992 - Epics based on Books
- 55619 - Epics based on classic literature
- 54097 - Epics based on real life
- 55323 - Epics from the 1950s
- 53451 - Epics from the 1960s
- 92102 - Epics from the 1970s
- 78854 - Epics from the 1980s
- 71202 - Epics set in Ancient Times
- 71508 - Epics set in Biblical Times
- 67601 - Everyday Heroes
- 3967 - African-American Romance
- 40422 - Evil Kid Horror Movies
- 40637 - Evil Kid Movies
- 40579 - Evil Kid Satanic Stories
- 40569 - Evil Kid Thrillers
- 12352 - Exciting 20th Century Period Pieces
- 24088 - Exciting 20th Century Period Pieces based on real life
- 77203 - Exciting Action Comedies
- 77411 - Exciting Action Comedies from the 1980s
- 77626 - Exciting Action Comedies starring Jackie Chan
- 63050 - Exciting Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy for ages 11 to 12
- 2576 - African-American Showbiz Comedies
- 62028 - Exciting Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy for ages 8 to 10
- 91926 - Exciting Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy set in Ancient Times
- 72119 - Exciting Adult Animation
- 6234 - Exciting Alien Sci-Fi
- 71392 - Exciting Amateur Detective Movies
- 58452 - Exciting Animal Tales
- 39884 - Exciting Animation
- 91941 - Exciting Animation based on Children's Books
- 68513 - Exciting Animation for ages 11 to 12
- 67876 - Exciting Animation for ages 5 to 7
- 1123 - African-American Showbiz Dramas
- 65724 - Exciting Animation for ages 8 to 10
- 76491 - Exciting Assassination Movies
- 88659 - Exciting Australian Crime Movies
- 17398 - Exciting Australian Movies
- 40723 - Exciting BBC TV Shows
- 76739 - Exciting Biographical 20th Century Period Pieces
- 68121 - Exciting Biographical Crime Movies
- 69558 - Exciting Biographical Documentaries
- 8719 - Exciting Biographical Dramas
- 69506 - Exciting Biographical Military Dramas
- 1614 - African-American Sports Movies
- 66682 - Exciting Biographical Military Movies
- 74580 - Exciting Biographical Sports Documentaries
- 67626 - Exciting Biographical Sports Movies
- 69522 - Exciting Biographical War Movies
- 69757 - Exciting Bollywood Movies
- 18940 - Exciting Bounty-Hunter Movies
- 12562 - Exciting Boxing Movies
- 79015 - Exciting Brazilian Movies
- 91622 - Exciting British Action Comedies
- 77778 - Exciting British Comedies
- 2470 - African-American Thrillers
- 68584 - Exciting British Crime Dramas
- 11684 - Exciting British Crime Movies
- 78372 - Exciting British Crime TV Dramas
- 77960 - Exciting British Crime TV Shows
- 24497 - Exciting British Dramas
- 78767 - Exciting British Gangster Movies
- 60181 - Exciting British Military Movies
- 52716 - Exciting British Reality TV
- 52562 - Exciting British Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 49855 - Exciting British Spy Movies
- 973 - Alien Sci-Fi based on Books
- 52290 - Exciting British TV Action & Adventure
- 81334 - Exciting British TV Documentaries
- 77961 - Exciting British TV Dramas
- 52702 - Exciting British TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 52109 - Exciting British TV Shows
- 46937 - Exciting British War Movies
- 77761 - Exciting Buddy Action Comedies
- 77481 - Exciting Buddy Comedies
- 27475 - Exciting Buddy Movies
- 50427 - Exciting Buddy TV Shows
- 48762 - Travel & Adventure Reality TV
- 760 - American Folk & Bluegrass
- 88553 - Exciting Canadian Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 73482 - Exciting Canadian Kids' TV
- 73524 - Exciting Canadian Kids' TV for ages 11 to 12
- 73501 - Exciting Canadian Kids' TV for ages 8 to 10
- 56998 - Exciting Canadian Movies
- 75341 - Exciting Canadian Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 92061 - Exciting Canadian TV Dramas
- 64765 - Exciting Canadian TV Shows
- 73441 - Exciting Canadian TV Shows for ages 11 to 12
- 73518 - Exciting Canadian TV Shows for ages 8 to 10
- 587 - Anime Action from the 1970s
- 77410 - Exciting Cantonese-Language Action Comedies
- 69657 - Exciting Cantonese-Language Comedies
- 61818 - Exciting Cantonese-Language Crime Movies
- 76965 - Exciting Cantonese-Language Gangster Movies
- 77396 - Exciting Cantonese-Language Kung Fu Comedies
- 61199 - Exciting Cantonese-Language Kung Fu Movies
- 64732 - Exciting Cantonese-Language Movies
- 59171 - Exciting Cantonese-Language Revenge Movies
- 92986 - Exciting Car & Motorsport Documentaries
- 50403 - Exciting Car & Motorsport Movies
- 625 - Anime Action from the 1980s
- 26816 - Exciting Chase Movies
- 58515 - Exciting Children & Family Movies from the 1980s
- 77874 - Exciting Chinese Action Comedies
- 91785 - Exciting Chinese Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 68485 - Exciting Chinese Comedies
- 10856 - Exciting Chinese Crime Movies
- 69660 - Exciting Chinese Dramas
- 80914 - Exciting Chinese Father-Son Movies
- 77094 - Exciting Chinese Gangster Movies
- 77575 - Exciting Chinese Kung Fu Action Comedies
- 3073 - Anime from the 1970s
- 77658 - Exciting Chinese Kung Fu Comedies
- 50261 - Exciting Chinese Kung Fu Movies
- 49687 - Exciting Chinese Kung Fu Movies from the 1970s
- 7277 - Exciting Chinese Movies
- 11365 - Exciting Chinese Movies from the 1970s
- 91562 - Exciting Chinese Movies set in Ancient Times
- 78162 - Exciting Chinese Movies set in Imperial China
- 14686 - Exciting Chinese Revenge Movies
- 21236 - Exciting Chinese Revenge Movies from the 1970s
- 89155 - Exciting Chinese Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 3095 - Anime from the 1980s
- 9198 - Exciting Comedies
- 13648 - Exciting Comedies from the 1980s