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:
- 43391 - Gritty Suspenseful Conspiracy Action & Adventure
- 43447 - Gritty Suspenseful Conspiracy Action Thrillers
- 3626 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Crime Action & Adventure
- 38901 - Gritty Suspenseful Conspiracy Movies
- 52907 - Gritty Suspenseful Conspiracy Movies based on Books
- 83461 - Gritty Suspenseful Courtroom Movies
- 40387 - Gritty Suspenseful Drug Movies
- 87106 - Gritty Suspenseful East Asian Action & Adventure
- 87096 - Gritty Suspenseful East Asian Action Thrillers
- 87546 - Gritty Suspenseful East Asian Movies
- 39081 - Gritty Suspenseful Foreign Action & Adventure
- 49866 - Gritty Suspenseful Foreign Action Thrillers
- 38420 - Gritty Suspenseful Foreign Movies
- 2861 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Crime Dramas
- 67523 - Gritty Suspenseful Foreign Serial-Killer Movies
- 42540 - Gritty Suspenseful Gangster Action & Adventure
- 43741 - Gritty Suspenseful Gangster Action Thrillers
- 38411 - Gritty Suspenseful Gangster Movies
- 77910 - Gritty Suspenseful German Movies
- 38348 - Gritty Suspenseful Independent Movies
- 40381 - Gritty Suspenseful Military Action & Adventure
- 38985 - Gritty Suspenseful Military Movies
- 82044 - Gritty Suspenseful Mind Game Movies
- 38691 - Gritty Suspenseful Movies
- 4958 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Crime Movies
- 54100 - Gritty Suspenseful Movies based on Books
- 38692 - Gritty Suspenseful Movies based on real life
- 38717 - Gritty Suspenseful Movies from the 1970s
- 38656 - Gritty Suspenseful Movies from the 1980s
- 38637 - Gritty Suspenseful Psychological Movies
- 38723 - Gritty Suspenseful Revenge Action & Adventure
- 43088 - Gritty Suspenseful Revenge Action Thrillers
- 38601 - Gritty Suspenseful Revenge Movies
- 40418 - Gritty Suspenseful Revenge Westerns
- 38459 - Gritty Suspenseful Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 3263 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Crime Thrillers
- 38653 - Gritty Suspenseful Serial-Killer Movies
- 71598 - Gritty Suspenseful Spanish-Language Movies
- 44202 - Gritty Suspenseful Spy Action & Adventure
- 43486 - Gritty Suspenseful Spy Action Thrillers
- 38396 - Gritty Suspenseful Spy Movies
- 81127 - Gritty Suspenseful True Crime Movies
- 38581 - Gritty Suspenseful TV Dramas
- 38574 - Gritty Suspenseful TV Mysteries
- 38409 - Gritty Suspenseful TV Shows
- 38423 - Gritty Suspenseful Westerns
- 3482 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Documentaries
- 51466 - Gritty Suspenseful Wilderness-survival Movies
- 75320 - Gritty Thai Action & Adventure
- 59560 - Gritty Thai Movies
- 11025 - Gritty Thrillers
- 64280 - Gritty Thrillers based on bestsellers
- 9366 - Gritty Thrillers based on Books
- 13138 - Gritty Thrillers based on contemporary literature
- 17664 - Gritty Thrillers based on real life
- 34243 - Gritty Thrillers Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 49844 - Gritty Tough Jobs Reality TV
- 4053 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Dramas
- 49959 - Gritty Tough Jobs TV Shows
- 80999 - Gritty True Crime 20th Century Period Pieces
- 81000 - Gritty True Crime Action & Adventure
- 80942 - Gritty True Crime Dramas
- 81120 - Gritty True Crime Dramas based on Books
- 80951 - Gritty True Crime Movies
- 81116 - Gritty True Crime Movies based on Books
- 81025 - Gritty True Crime Movies from the 1970s
- 81103 - Gritty True Crime Thrillers
- 26037 - Gritty TV Action & Adventure
- 4645 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Horror Movies
- 91369 - Gritty TV Comedies
- 40091 - Gritty TV Documentaries
- 26206 - Gritty TV Dramas
- 26298 - Gritty TV Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 26268 - Gritty TV Mysteries
- 26090 - Gritty TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 26273 - Gritty TV Shows
- 25979 - Gritty TV Shows Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 27216 - Gritty Undercover-Cop Action & Adventure
- 43913 - Gritty Undercover-Cop Action Thrillers
- 3148 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Movies from the 1920s
- 26965 - Gritty Undercover-Cop Movies
- 26744 - Gritty Underdog Dramas
- 27653 - Gritty Underdog Movies
- 26779 - Gritty Underdog Movies from the 1970s
- 75208 - Gritty US Crime TV Dramas
- 77903 - Gritty US TV Action & Adventure
- 75368 - Gritty Viral Plague Movies
- 5409 - Gritty War Movies
- 8440 - Gritty War Movies based on Books
- 69890 - Gritty War Period Pieces
- 7120 - LGBTQ Comedies
- 3176 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Movies from the 1930s
- 54997 - Gritty Westerns based on Books
- 23500 - Gritty Westerns based on real life
- 91633 - Gritty Westerns Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 20518 - Gritty Whistleblower Dramas
- 19977 - Gritty Whistleblower Movies
- 15033 - Gritty Wilderness-survival Action & Adventure
- 15069 - Gritty Wilderness-survival Movies
- 70269 - Gritty WWII Documentaries
- 70192 - Gritty WWII Dramas
- 70123 - Gritty WWII Movies
- 3192 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Movies from the 1940s
- 76102 - Gritty Zombie Horror Movies
- 75645 - Gritty Zombie Movies
- 60610 - Gujarati-Language
- 63202 - Gujarati-Language Dramas
- 85108 - Gujarati-Language Musicals
- 83128 - Haunted House Asian Horror
- 45650 - Haunted House B-Horror Movies
- 47268 - Haunted House Children & Family Movies
- 45327 - Haunted House Comedies
- 45245 - Haunted House Horror Movies
- 3218 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Movies from the 1950s
- 45236 - Haunted House Movies
- 54759 - Haunted House Movies based on Books
- 45554 - Haunted House Mysteries
- 88527 - Haunted House Satires
- 45705 - Haunted House Slasher and Serial Killer Movies
- 52731 - Haunted House Teen Screams
- 45401 - Haunted House Thrillers
- 45436 - Haunted House TV Shows
- 14450 - Heartfelt 20th Century Period Pieces
- 53612 - Heartfelt 20th Century Period Pieces based on Books
- 3235 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Movies from the 1960s
- 15967 - Heartfelt Action & Adventure
- 33187 - Heartfelt Adventures
- 16756 - Heartfelt African-American Dramas
- 16118 - Heartfelt African-American Movies
- 15810 - Heartfelt Animal Tales
- 33130 - Heartfelt Animation
- 81256 - Heartfelt Animation for ages 11 to 12
- 69653 - Heartfelt Animation for ages 5 to 7
- 69650 - Heartfelt Animation for ages 8 to 10
- 45093 - Heartfelt Australian Dramas
- 3271 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Movies from the 1970s
- 40392 - Heartfelt Australian Movies
- 23222 - Heartfelt Biographical 20th Century Period Pieces
- 22680 - Heartfelt Biographical Documentaries
- 27720 - Heartfelt Biographical Faith and Spirituality
- 49920 - Heartfelt Biographical Family Life Documentaries
- 49469 - Heartfelt Biographical Family Life Movies
- 42731 - Heartfelt Biographical Father-Son Movies
- 26890 - Heartfelt Biographical Fight-the-System Movies
- 36727 - Heartfelt Biographical Military Movies
- 5732 - Heartfelt Biographical Movies
- 3301 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Movies from the 1980s
- 90423 - Heartfelt Biographical Music & Concert Documentaries
- 84550 - Heartfelt Biographical Music and Concert Movies
- 24066 - Heartfelt Biographical Political Movies
- 31727 - Heartfelt Biographical Showbiz Movies
- 33211 - Heartfelt Biographical Spiritual Documentaries
- 69606 - Heartfelt Biographical Sports Documentaries
- 25558 - Heartfelt Biographical Sports Dramas
- 24647 - Heartfelt Biographical Sports Movies
- 42963 - Heartfelt British 20th Century Period Pieces
- 90755 - Heartfelt British Biographical Documentaries
- 4934 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Political Dramas
- 60128 - Heartfelt British Biographical Movies
- 81287 - Heartfelt British Documentaries
- 24303 - Heartfelt British Dramas
- 60762 - Heartfelt British Dramas based on real life
- 40935 - Heartfelt British Independent Dramas
- 39042 - Heartfelt British Independent Movies
- 22798 - Heartfelt British Movies
- 44697 - Heartfelt British Movies based on real life
- 27036 - Heartfelt Buddy Movies
- 77921 - Heartfelt Business Documentaries
- 1799 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Psychological Movies
- 77919 - Heartfelt Business Movies
- 80035 - Heartfelt Business Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 56929 - Heartfelt Canadian Dramas
- 73448 - Heartfelt Canadian Independent Dramas
- 57316 - Heartfelt Canadian Independent Movies
- 57339 - Heartfelt Canadian Movies
- 14032 - Heartfelt Children & Family Movies
- 74679 - Heartfelt Children & Family Movies about Cats & Dogs
- 42384 - Heartfelt Children & Family Movies about Horses
- 34548 - Heartfelt College Movies
- 4496 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Thrillers
- 13440 - Heartfelt Comedies
- 74808 - Heartfelt Comedies based on Real Life
- 23249 - Heartfelt Comedies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 34225 - Heartfelt Coming-of-age Children & Family Movies
- 16056 - Heartfelt Coming-of-age Dramas
- 32575 - Heartfelt Coming-of-age Family Dramas
- 15544 - Heartfelt Coming-of-age Movies
- 23660 - Heartfelt Courtroom Movies
- 84191 - Heartfelt Dance Movies
- 16122 - Heartfelt Documentaries
- 3625 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign War Dramas
- 32829 - Heartfelt Dramas about Marriage
- 52809 - Heartfelt Dramas based on Books
- 21837 - Heartfelt Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 12358 - Heartfelt Dramas based on real life
- 23541 - Heartfelt Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23781 - Heartfelt Dramas for ages 11 to 12
- 81769 - Heartfelt Dramas for Hopeless Romantics
- 26993 - Heartfelt Dramas from the 1970s
- 15496 - Heartfelt Dramas from the 1980s
- 27600 - Heartfelt Dysfunctional-Family Dramas
- 10634 - TV Soaps
- 2678 - Critically-acclaimed French Dramas from the 1950s
- 26853 - Heartfelt Dysfunctional-Family Movies
- 87100 - Heartfelt East Asian Dramas
- 86926 - Heartfelt East Asian Movies
- 55536 - Heartfelt Faith & Spirituality Movies
- 26926 - Heartfelt Faith and Spirituality
- 55317 - Heartfelt Family Adventures
- 62455 - Heartfelt Family Animation
- 28469 - Heartfelt Family Dramas
- 42079 - Heartfelt Family Dramas about Horses
- 51071 - Heartfelt Family Features
- 2708 - Critically-acclaimed French Dramas from the 1960s
- 51255 - Heartfelt Family Features based on children's books
- 51360 - Heartfelt Family Features for ages 11 to 12
- 51276 - Heartfelt Family Features for ages 8 to 10
- 49016 - Heartfelt Family Life Documentaries
- 49399 - Heartfelt Family Life Movies
- 49992 - Heartfelt Family Life Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 54239 - Heartfelt Family Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 18872 - Heartfelt Father-Daughter Dramas
- 18292 - Heartfelt Father-Daughter Movies
- 37410 - Heartfelt Father-Son Comedies
- 2731 - Critically-acclaimed French Dramas from the 1970s
- 19200 - Heartfelt Father-Son Dramas
- 20734 - Heartfelt Father-Son Movies
- 26879 - Heartfelt Fight-the-System Documentaries
- 28228 - Heartfelt Fight-the-System Dramas
- 27046 - Heartfelt Fight-the-System Dramas based on real life
- 27169 - Heartfelt Fight-the-System Movies
- 27319 - Heartfelt Fight-the-System Movies based on real life
- 23052 - Heartfelt First-Love Dramas
- 18868 - Heartfelt First-Love Movies
- 37584 - Heartfelt Football Movies
- 4472 - Critically-acclaimed French Movies from the 1950s
- 37004 - Heartfelt Foreign Biographical Documentaries
- 76237 - Heartfelt Foreign Biographical Dramas
- 33260 - Heartfelt Foreign Biographical Movies
- 34669 - Heartfelt Foreign Comedies
- 34370 - Heartfelt Foreign Documentaries
- 17704 - Heartfelt Foreign Dramas
- 66772 - Heartfelt Foreign Dramas based on real life
- 42619 - Heartfelt Foreign Father-Son Movies
- 17529 - Heartfelt Foreign Movies
- 26535 - Heartfelt Foreign Movies based on real life
- 4499 - Critically-acclaimed French Movies from the 1960s
- 64843 - Heartfelt French Dramas
- 62717 - Heartfelt French Movies
- 37267 - Heartfelt French-Language Dramas