Netflix Secret Codes Updated November 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:
- 4883 - Visually-striking Violent War Movies
- 1192487 - International TV Action & Adventure
- 1954 - Visually-striking Witty Movies
- 3570 - War Alien Sci-Fi
- 3025 - War Documentaries
- 1195 - War Dramas based on Books
- 554 - War Dramas based on real life from the 1980s
- 2843 - War Dramas on Blu-ray
- 3373 - War Movies
- 1168 - War Movies based on a book from the 1950s
- 4194 - War Movies for ages 8 to 10
- 4137 - War Movies from the 1930s
- 1461986 - International TV Thrillers & Mysteries
- 4160 - War Movies from the 1940s
- 4179 - War Movies from the 1950s
- 4204 - War Movies from the 1960s
- 4235 - War Movies from the 1970s
- 4272 - War Movies from the 1980s
- 4274 - War Movies on Blu-ray
- 4706 - War Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 1151 - War Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 1829 - War Tearjerkers
- 1250 - Westerns based on real life
- 64256 - Japanese TV Shows
- 4578 - Westerns directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
- 3458 - Westerns directed by Frank McDonald
- 944 - Westerns directed by John English
- 4858 - Westerns directed by John Ford
- 388 - Westerns directed by Lesley Selander
- 3207 - Westerns directed by William Witney
- 372 - Westerns from the 1930s
- 398 - Westerns from the 1940s
- 419 - Westerns from the 1950s
- 445 - Westerns from the 1960s
- 1623841 - School Anime
- 473 - Westerns from the 1970s
- 504 - Westerns from the 1980s
- 4697 - Westerns starring Bob Steele
- 4903 - Westerns starring Burt Lancaster
- 2599 - Westerns starring Buster Crabbe
- 3284 - Westerns starring Clint Eastwood
- 3313 - Westerns starring George "Gabby" Hayes
- 3076 - Westerns starring Lee Van Cleef
- 3309 - Westerns starring Smiley Burnette
- 4254 - Witty African-American Comedies
- 1522234 - Romantic Anime
- 2159 - Witty Biographical Dramas
- 4987 - Witty British Crime Movies
- 4837 - Witty British Dramas
- 4791 - Witty British Independent Comedies
- 2961 - Witty British Thrillers
- 547 - Witty Comedies from the 1930s
- 569 - Witty Comedies from the 1940s
- 598 - Witty Comedies from the 1950s
- 630 - Witty Comedies from the 1960s
- 655 - Witty Comedies from the 1970s
- 1408777 - Retro Anime
- 687 - Witty Comedies from the 1980s
- 3499 - Witty Comedies starring Cary Grant
- 3582 - Witty Coming-of-age Comedies
- 3059 - Witty Coming-of-age Movies
- 839 - Witty Crime Movies
- 3144 - Witty Crime Satires
- 2108 - Witty Crime Thrillers
- 3566 - Witty Cult Movies
- 2346 - Witty Detective Movies
- 3311 - Witty Documentaries
- 1458609 - Romantic Japanese TV Shows
- 3314 - Witty Dramas from the 1940s
- 3342 - Witty Dramas from the 1950s
- 3371 - Witty Dramas from the 1960s
- 3400 - Witty Dramas from the 1970s
- 3424 - Witty Dramas from the 1980s
- 3298 - Witty Foreign Dramas
- 3881 - Witty Foreign Movies
- 1188 - Witty Foreign Movies from the 1970s
- 1214 - Witty Foreign Movies from the 1980s
- 4040 - Witty Gay & Lesbian Comedies
- 711366 - Japanese TV Comedies
- 1413 - Witty Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 4911 - Witty Gay & Lesbian Movies
- 2201 - Witty Independent Comedies from the 1980s
- 2077 - Witty Independent Movies
- 4913 - Witty Independent Movies based on Books
- 2664 - Witty Independent Political Movies
- 1011 - Witty Independent Satires
- 424 - Witty Independent Showbiz Dramas
- 1216 - Witty Mockumentaries
- 2943 - Witty Movies
- 10105 - TV Documentaries
- 2070663 - Japanese Youth TV Dramas
- 2535 - Witty Movies directed by Woody Allen
- 3427 - Witty Movies from the 1930s
- 3453 - Witty Movies from the 1940s
- 3469 - Witty Movies from the 1950s
- 3491 - Witty Movies from the 1960s
- 3512 - Witty Movies from the 1970s
- 3543 - Witty Movies from the 1980s
- 4842 - Witty Movies starring Peter Sellers
- 979 - Witty Political Dramas
- 334 - Witty Psychological Movies
- 25485 - Showbiz Documentaries
- 741 - Witty Satires
- 4568 - Witty Satires from the 1960s
- 4595 - Witty Satires from the 1970s
- 4620 - Witty Satires from the 1980s
- 3417 - Witty Slapstick Comedies
- 3228 - Witty Sports Movies
- 4090 - Witty Spy Movies
- 4977 - Witty War Movies
- 1263 - World Fusion
- 3719 - Zombies
- 799 - Japanese Thrillers
- 77550 - 20th Century Period Pieces about Fame
- 18687 - 20th Century Period Pieces about Marriage
- 12908 - 20th Century Period Pieces based on bestsellers
- 12278 - 20th Century Period Pieces based on Books
- 13043 - 20th Century Period Pieces based on classic literature
- 12808 - 20th Century Period Pieces based on real life
- 12187 - 20th Century Period Pieces directed by James Ivory
- 79860 - 20th Century Period Pieces directed by Oliver Stone
- 12633 - 20th Century Period Pieces for ages 11 to 12
- 81608 - 20th Century Period Pieces for ages 8 to 10
- 4344 - Japanese Action & Adventure
- 81544 - 20th Century Period Pieces for Hopeless Romantics
- 12590 - 20th Century Period Pieces from the 1960s
- 12594 - 20th Century Period Pieces from the 1970s
- 12598 - 20th Century Period Pieces from the 1980s
- 60191 - 20th Century Period Pieces starring Anthony Hopkins
- 68986 - 20th Century Period Pieces starring Helen Mirren
- 83556 - 20th Century Period Pieces starring Leonardo DiCaprio
- 74188 - 20th Century Period Pieces starring Meryl Streep
- 35016 - 20th Century Period Pieces starring Robert De Niro
- 92078 - 20th Century Period Pieces starring Tom Hanks
- 1293326 - Japanese Academy Award-winning Movies
- 7316 - 60s TV
- 7341 - 70s TV
- 77229 - Absurd British TV Comedies
- 77234 - Absurd British TV Shows
- 91593 - Absurd College Humor
- 77259 - Absurd Comedies from the 1980s
- 77255 - Absurd Cult Comedies
- 77604 - Absurd Cult Comedies from the 1980s
- 77861 - Absurd Cult Late Night Comedies
- 77258 - Absurd Cult Movies
- 31853 - Classic Japanese Movies
- 77732 - Absurd Cult Movies from the 1980s
- 77711 - Absurd Cult Satires
- 83689 - Absurd Father-Son Comedies
- 83760 - Absurd Father-Son Movies
- 77532 - Absurd French Comedies
- 77577 - Absurd French Movies
- 77295 - Absurd French-Language Comedies
- 77533 - Absurd French-Language Movies
- 91487 - Absurd Ghost-story Comedies
- 91710 - Absurd Ghost-story Movies
- 48842 - Business Documentaries
- 90853 - Absurd Horror Movies
- 77261 - Absurd Late Night Comedies
- 77206 - Absurd Movies
- 77252 - Absurd Movies from the 1980s
- 77726 - Absurd Opposites-Attract Comedies
- 77775 - Absurd Opposites-Attract Movies
- 77317 - Absurd Political Comedies
- 77342 - Absurd Political Movies
- 77260 - Absurd Satires
- 77836 - Absurd Satires from the 1980s
- 65925 - Japanese Kids' TV
- 91972 - Absurd Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 77584 - Absurd Showbiz Comedies
- 81411 - Absurd Showbiz Late Night Comedies
- 77527 - Absurd Showbiz Movies
- 77502 - Absurd Showbiz Satires
- 77469 - Absurd Sitcoms
- 77226 - Absurd Slapstick Comedies
- 77398 - Absurd Sports Comedies
- 77779 - Absurd Sports Movies
- 77593 - Absurd Stand-up Comedy
- 413820 - Kids' Anime
- 77774 - Absurd Stoner Comedies
- 77462 - Absurd Stoner Late Night Comedies
- 77350 - Absurd Stoner Movies
- 77492 - Absurd TV Animated Comedies
- 77223 - Absurd TV Comedies
- 77205 - Absurd TV Shows
- 77714 - Absurd TV Sketch Comedies
- 77752 - Absurd Workplace Comedies
- 77488 - Absurd Workplace Movies
- 67659 - Action
- 1402191 - Japanese Period Dramas
- 14901 - Action & Adventure about Royalty
- 72484 - Action & Adventure based on a Video Game
- 13304 - Action & Adventure based on bestsellers
- 7103 - Action & Adventure based on Books
- 13110 - Action & Adventure based on classic literature
- 13198 - Action & Adventure based on contemporary literature
- 5082 - Action & Adventure based on real life
- 23068 - Action & Adventure based on real life from the 1960s
- 14412 - Action & Adventure based on real life from the 1970s
- 17843 - Action & Adventure directed by Benny Chan
- 6839 - Documentaries
- 1208954 - International TV Dramas
- 22944 - Action & Adventure directed by Burt Kennedy
- 10066 - Action & Adventure directed by Cheh Chang
- 24737 - Action & Adventure directed by Chia-Liang Liu
- 7050 - Action & Adventure directed by Jing Wong
- 64780 - Action & Adventure directed by John Frankenheimer
- 69058 - Action & Adventure directed by John McTiernan
- 11765 - Action & Adventure directed by Johnnie To
- 79159 - Action & Adventure directed by Michael Bay
- 69282 - Action & Adventure directed by Peter Jackson
- 75195 - Action & Adventure directed by Ram Gopal Varma
- 1208621 - International Historical TV Dramas
- 59919 - Action & Adventure directed by Renny Harlin
- 37053 - Action & Adventure directed by Richard Fleischer
- 43921 - Action & Adventure directed by Ridley Scott
- 71562 - Action & Adventure directed by Rob Cohen
- 34522 - Action & Adventure directed by Robert Rodriguez
- 37482 - Action & Adventure directed by Russell Mulcahy
- 10171 - Action & Adventure directed by Takashi Miike
- 43426 - Action & Adventure directed by Tony Scott
- 67433 - Action & Adventure directed by Uwe Boll
- 7914 - Action & Adventure directed by Walter Hill
- 80353 - Chinese TV Shows
- 77163 - Action & Adventure directed by Yuen Woo-ping
- 23553 - Action & Adventure Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 5654 - Action & Adventure for ages 11 to 12
- 7978 - Action & Adventure for ages 8 to 10
- 81863 - Action & Adventure for Hopeless Romantics
- 11647 - Action & Adventure from the 1950s
- 11668 - Action & Adventure from the 1960s
- 11690 - Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 11717 - Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 70842 - Action & Adventure set in Ancient Times
- 1592212 - Japanese TV Reality & Variety
- 70506 - Action & Adventure set in Imperial China
- 71063 - Action & Adventure set in the Middle Ages
- 70792 - Action & Adventure set in the Victorian Era
- 69061 - Action & Adventure starring Aaron Kwok
- 84134 - Action & Adventure starring Ajay Devgn
- 6121 - Action & Adventure starring Amitabh Bachchan
- 6290 - Action & Adventure starring Andy Lau
- 62561 - Action & Adventure starring Angelina Jolie
- 79891 - Action & Adventure starring Anil Kapoor
- 10082 - Action & Adventure starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- 2070675 - Variety Entertainment
- 17615 - Action & Adventure starring Biao Yuen
- 46442 - Action & Adventure starring Billy Zane
- 62743 - Action & Adventure starring Brad Pitt
- 9173 - Action & Adventure starring Bruce Willis