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:
- 3127 - Movies directed by Gus Van Sant
- 78104 - Asian Movies
- 2895 - Movies directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
- 2216 - Movies directed by Hark Tsui
- 4570 - Movies directed by Harold Ramis
- 4920 - Movies directed by Henry Hathaway
- 2032 - Movies directed by Henry Jaglom
- 3243 - Movies directed by Herbert Ross
- 970 - Movies directed by Howard Bretherton
- 724 - Movies directed by Irvin Kershner
- 4629 - Movies directed by Ivan Reitman
- 76 - Movies directed by Jack Sholder
- 10967 - Ballet & Modern Dance
- 4564 - Movies directed by James Ivory
- 2115 - Movies directed by Jean Rollin
- 3004 - Movies directed by Jesus Franco
- 4931 - Movies directed by Jing Wong
- 3585 - Movies directed by Joe Dante
- 2527 - Movies directed by John Badham
- 1960 - Movies directed by John Boorman
- 2373 - Movies directed by John Carpenter
- 2098 - Movies directed by John Duigan
- 1693 - Movies directed by John Farrow
- 25788 - Sports TV Shows
- 4402 - Movies directed by John G. Avildsen
- 2542 - Movies directed by John Guillermin
- 3528 - Movies directed by John McTiernan
- 3790 - Movies directed by John Sayles
- 4737 - Movies directed by John Sturges
- 1944 - Movies directed by Jonathan Demme
- 345 - Movies directed by Jonathan Kaplan
- 861 - Movies directed by Joseph Barbera
- 3101 - Movies directed by Joseph Kuo
- 883 - Movies directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- 6721 - Anime Series
- 52120 - British TV Mysteries
- 4336 - Movies directed by Joseph Losey
- 2925 - Movies directed by Jules White
- 4900 - Movies directed by Ken Loach
- 1651 - Movies directed by Kinji Fukasaku
- 4522 - Movies directed by Kitty Taylor
- 1822 - Movies directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski
- 1666 - Movies directed by Lew Landers
- 2985 - Movies directed by Lloyd Kaufman
- 3677 - Movies directed by Luis Bu単uel
- 2722 - Movies directed by Mack V. Wright
- 52508 - British Miniseries
- 523 - Movies directed by Mark L. Lester
- 1624 - Movies directed by Mark Robson
- 2547 - Movies directed by Martin Ritt
- 1414 - Movies directed by Mary Lambert
- 1681 - Movies directed by Michael Miller
- 3609 - Movies directed by Michael Switzer
- 683 - Movies directed by Michael Winner
- 4964 - Movies directed by Mike Figgis
- 3639 - Movies directed by Mitchell Kriegman
- 477 - Movies directed by Nathan Juran
- 63782 - New Zealand Movies
- 4565 - Movies directed by Norman Jewison
- 4804 - Movies directed by Norman Z. McLeod
- 4122 - Movies directed by Oliver Stone
- 2288 - Movies directed by Paul Mazursky
- 86 - Movies directed by Paul Wendkos
- 1299 - Movies directed by Paul Ziller
- 3968 - Movies directed by Pedro Almod坦var
- 4955 - Movies directed by Peter Hyams
- 961 - Movies directed by Peter Markle
- 2277 - Movies directed by Peter Werner
- 28269 - Brazilian Documentaries
- 4944 - Movies directed by Peter Yates
- 2795 - Movies directed by Phil Rosen
- 3911 - Movies directed by Philip Kaufman
- 3125 - Movies directed by Ram Gopal Varma
- 2614 - Movies directed by Raoul Walsh
- 4890 - Movies directed by Ray Taylor
- 2149 - Movies directed by Richard Fleischer
- 4471 - Movies directed by Richard Lester
- 3896 - Movies directed by Richard Pepin
- 111 - Movies directed by Richard Rich
- 75408 - Latin American Police TV Shows
- 1490 - Movies directed by Rick Jacobson
- 840 - Movies directed by Ringo Lam
- 785 - Movies directed by Rob Reiner
- 2233 - Movies directed by Robert Aldrich
- 3932 - Movies directed by Robert Altman
- 4445 - Movies directed by Robert Harmon
- 3442 - Movies directed by Robert Iscove
- 801 - Movies directed by Robert Markowitz
- 1870 - Movies directed by Robert Mulligan
- 2540 - Movies directed by Robert Rodriguez
- 75415 - Police Mysteries
- 196 - Movies directed by Robert Stevenson
- 1674 - Movies directed by Robert Townsend
- 1499 - Movies directed by Roger Donaldson
- 4391 - Movies directed by Roger Vadim
- 4700 - Movies directed by Roger Young
- 4810 - Movies directed by Ron Howard
- 3649 - Movies directed by Ron Oliver
- 3671 - Movies directed by Ronald Neame
- 1371 - Movies directed by Roy Del Ruth
- 4345 - Movies directed by Russell Mulcahy
- 75432 - Vampire Movies
- 3733 - Movies directed by Sam Newfield
- 401 - Movies directed by Sam Peckinpah
- 2458 - Movies directed by Sidney J. Furie
- 4491 - Movies directed by Sidney Lumet
- 804 - Movies directed by Simon Wincer
- 2227 - Movies directed by Stanley Donen
- 715 - Movies directed by Stephen Frears
- 4092 - Movies directed by Stephen Herek
- 4713 - Movies directed by Steven Soderbergh
- 4610 - Movies directed by Steven Spielberg
- 76510 - Military & War Movies
- 4376 - Movies directed by Takashi Miike
- 4030 - Movies directed by Ted Kotcheff
- 689 - Movies directed by Terry Gilliam
- 2582 - Movies directed by Tim Burton
- 4868 - Movies directed by Tobe Hooper
- 236 - Movies directed by Tony Richardson
- 2649 - Movies directed by Tony Scott
- 4681 - Movies directed by Ulli Lommel
- 2988 - Movies directed by Wai-keung Lau
- 1467 - Movies directed by Wallace Fox
- 76501 - Military & War Action & Adventure
- 2863 - Movies directed by Werner Herzog
- 617 - Movies directed by William A. Graham
- 573 - Movies directed by William A. Seiter
- 601 - Movies directed by William A. Wellman
- 4415 - Movies directed by William Dieterle
- 317 - Movies directed by William Hanna
- 3735 - Movies directed by William Nigh
- 4265 - Movies directed by Wim Wenders
- 527 - Movies directed by Yash Chopra
- 2466 - Movies from the 1910s
- 76507 - Military & War Dramas
- 2489 - Movies from the 1920s
- 2510 - Movies from the 1930s
- 2533 - Movies from the 1940s
- 2567 - Movies from the 1950s
- 2592 - Movies from the 1960s
- 2621 - Movies from the 1970s
- 2648 - Movies from the 1980s
- 1033 - Movies on Blu-ray
- 4690 - Movies on Blu-ray based on real life
- 1354 - Movies on Blu-ray for ages 5 to 7
- 9833 - Reality TV
- 78141 - Nordic Movies
- 339 - Movies on IMAX
- 1731 - Movies starring Aamir Khan
- 2802 - Movies starring Aaron Kwok
- 738 - Movies starring Abhishek Bachchan
- 2095 - Movies starring Aidan Quinn
- 221 - Movies starring Aishwarya Rai
- 941 - Movies starring Al Pacino
- 1160 - Movies starring Alan Alda
- 4290 - Movies starring Albert Brooks
- 2475 - Movies starring Albert Finney
- 78643 - Nordic Action & Adventure
- 2004 - Movies starring Alec Baldwin
- 2283 - Movies starring Alexandra Paul
- 2654 - Movies starring Alexis Arquette
- 1115 - Movies starring Alfred Molina
- 4007 - Movies starring Alicia Silverstone
- 1554 - Movies starring Amisha Patel
- 426 - Movies starring Amitabh Bachchan
- 2681 - Movies starring Andrew McCarthy
- 3419 - Movies starring Angelina Jolie
- 2936 - Movies starring Angie Everhart
- 78628 - Nordic Dramas
- 2532 - Movies starring Anita Mui
- 4184 - Movies starring Anjelica Huston
- 2889 - Movies starring Anne Archer
- 923 - Movies starring Anne Baxter
- 1380 - Movies starring Anne Heche
- 3412 - Movies starring Annette Bening
- 2130 - Movies starring Ann-Margret
- 2713 - Movies starring Anthony Edwards
- 1362 - Movies starring Anthony Hopkins
- 3696 - Movies starring Anthony LaPaglia
- 78634 - Nordic TV Shows
- 746 - Movies starring Anthony Perkins
- 4120 - Movies starring Anthony Quinn
- 648 - Movies starring Antonio Sabato Jr.
- 194 - Movies starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- 3901 - Movies starring Ashley Olsen
- 88 - Movies starring Ashok Kumar
- 3061 - Movies starring Audrey Hepburn
- 1398 - Movies starring Basil Rathbone
- 4537 - Movies starring Ben Kingsley
- 149 - Movies starring Ben Stiller
- 76793 - Swedish TV Shows
- 2877 - Movies starring Bette Midler
- 1934 - Movies starring Beverly D'Angelo
- 2106 - Movies starring Bill Cosby
- 2606 - Movies starring Bill Paxton
- 3386 - Movies starring Bill Pullman
- 4262 - Movies starring Billy Dee Williams
- 103 - Movies starring Billy Zane
- 2176 - Movies starring Bing Crosby
- 2208 - Movies starring Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
- 4129 - Movies starring Bo Svenson
- 62016 - Swedish Movies
- 3242 - Movies starring Bobby Deol
- 3189 - Movies starring Boguslaw Linda
- 3891 - Movies starring Brad Pitt
- 1207 - Movies starring Brian Dennehy
- 1457 - Movies starring Bridget Fonda
- 3836 - Movies starring Brigitte Bardot
- 4557 - Movies starring Bruce Campbell
- 3990 - Movies starring Bruce Dern
- 2876 - Movies starring Bruce Li
- 763 - Movies starring Bryan Brown
- 62140 - Swedish Dramas
- 4835 - Movies starring Burt Lancaster
- 2179 - Movies starring Buster Crabbe
- 1949 - Movies starring C. Thomas Howell
- 1796 - Movies starring Cameron Mitchell
- 4222 - Movies starring Carmen Maura
- 485 - Movies starring Carol Burnett
- 4957 - Movies starring Carter Wong
- 2586 - Movies starring Casper Van Dien
- 4159 - Movies starring Cate Blanchett
- 4386 - Movies starring Cecilia Cheung
- 76186 - Modern Classic Movies
- 2585 - Movies starring Cedric the Entertainer
- 1875 - Movies starring Charles Durning
- 4546 - Movies starring Charles Laughton
- 2686 - Movies starring Charlie Sheen
- 3920 - Movies starring Charlotte Rampling
- 1771 - Movies starring Charlton Heston
- 2342 - Movies starring Chevy Chase
- 877 - Movies starring Chris Rock
- 318 - Movies starring Christina Ricci
- 3336 - Movies starring Christopher Eccleston
- 78655 - Nordic Comedies
- 3117 - Movies starring Christopher Lambert
- 4580 - Movies starring Christopher Lloyd
- 225 - Movies starring Chuck Norris
- 2883 - Movies starring Claudia Cardinale
- 3204 - Movies starring Clint Eastwood
- 3787 - Movies starring Clive Owen
- 2423 - Movies starring Colin Farrell
- 3056 - Movies starring Corbin Bernsen
- 2046 - Movies starring Costas Mandylor
- 4843 - Movies starring Cynthia Rothrock
- 1884 - Scandinavian Crime Movies
- 4575 - Movies starring Damon Wayans
- 964 - Movies starring Daniel Auteuil
- 730 - Movies starring Daniel Baldwin
- 1917 - Movies starring Daniel Wu