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
Ordered by Netflix's "secret code". Wondering why there's gaps in the numbers...so are we!
- 1 - African-American Crime Documentaries
- 2 - Scary Cult Movies from the 1980s
- 4 - Tearjerkers from the 1970s
- 5 - Gay & Lesbian Psychological Movies
- 7 - Showbiz Movies based on real life
- 8 - Exciting Film Noir
- 9 - Education & Guidance directed by Dean Gordon
- 10 - Movies starring Pradeep Kumar
- 11 - Military Dramas
- 15 - Suspenseful British Independent Movies
- 16 - Understated Biographical Documentaries
- 19 - Goofy Movies starring John Candy
- 21 - Romantic Comedies starring Doris Day
- 24 - Eastern European Crime Dramas
- 25 - Thrillers starring Gene Hackman
- 26 - Mockumentaries
- 28 - Goofy Crime Thrillers
- 29 - Critically-acclaimed Violent Crime Movies on Blu-ray
- 30 - Tearjerkers from the 1980s
- 31 - Children & Family Movies directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.
- 32 - Movies starring Jordan Chan
- 35 - Movies starring Teletubbies
- 36 - Imaginative Children & Family Movies from the 1980s
- 38 - Movies starring Laurence Olivier
- 39 - Suspenseful Courtroom Movies based on Books
- 40 - Quirky Political Comedies
- 41 - Dark Dramas on Blu-ray
- 42 - Suspenseful Action & Adventure
- 43 - Violent Political Dramas
- 46 - Children & Family Movies starring Muppets
- 49 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Dramas from the 1980s
- 50 - Gritty Crime Movies on Blu-ray
- 51 - Low-Impact Workouts
- 52 - Dark Foreign Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 53 - Emotional Courtroom Dramas
- 54 - Movies directed by Basu Chatterjee
- 56 - Dark Political Movies from the 1960s
- 58 - Feel-good Movies starring Elvis Presley
- 60 - Sci-Fi & Fantasy for ages 11 to 12
- 61 - Australian Movies for ages 2 to 4
- 66 - Suspenseful Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 68 - German-Language War Movies
- 69 - Movies starring Shammi Kapoor
- 70 - Thai Action & Adventure
- 73 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty British Movies
- 76 - Movies directed by Jack Sholder
- 78 - Movies starring Debbie Reynolds
- 80 - Courtroom Thrillers
- 82 - Suspenseful Political Movies
- 83 - TV Shows
- 84 - Feel-good Foreign Comedies
- 85 - Romantic Filipino Movies
- 86 - Movies directed by Paul Wendkos
- 87 - Quirky Adventures
- 88 - Movies starring Ashok Kumar
- 89 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Independent Movies
- 90 - Movies starring Fred Ward
- 92 - Dark Political Movies from the 1970s
- 93 - Goofy Adventures
- 94 - Chinese Gay & Lesbian Movies
- 95 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Crime Dramas
- 96 - Sentimental Foreign Movies from the 1980s
- 98 - Romantic French-Language Comedies
- 99 - Critically-acclaimed Feel-good Movies from the 1960s
- 101 - Romantic Foreign War Dramas
- 102 - Cerebral French-Language Dramas from the 1960s
- 103 - Movies starring Billy Zane
- 104 - Violent War Movies on Blu-ray
- 105 - Mexican Comedies
- 106 - Movies starring Gary Busey
- 107 - Movies starring Marlon Brando
- 108 - Coming-of-age Animal Tales
- 109 - Movies starring Vincent Price
- 111 - Movies directed by Richard Rich
- 115 - Dark Political Movies from the 1980s
- 116 - Comedies directed by David Zucker
- 117 - Cult Sci-Fi & Fantasy from the 1950s
- 118 - Exciting Movies starring Steven Seagal
- 120 - Understated Political Movies
- 121 - Movies starring Jeremy Irons
- 124 - Suspenseful Movies starring Roy Scheider
- 125 - Gay & Lesbian Historical Documentaries
- 127 - Cerebral Biographical Dramas
- 128 - Tearjerkers for ages 11 to 12
- 129 - Latino Movies
- 130 - Dramas directed by Luis Bu単uel
- 132 - Gritty Movies on Blu-ray
- 134 - Comedies starring Nicolas Cage
- 136 - Suspenseful Psychological Movies based on real life
- 138 - Irreverent Foreign Comedies
- 139 - Quirky Independent Dramas from the 1980s
- 140 - Chinese Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 141 - Critically-acclaimed Feel-good Movies from the 1980s
- 144 - Dramas starring Jackie Shroff
- 146 - Romantic Teen Coming-of-age Comedies
- 147 - Quirky Independent Comedies
- 148 - Movies starring Freddie Prinze Jr.
- 149 - Movies starring Ben Stiller
- 151 - Movies starring David Strathairn
- 153 - Gritty Documentaries
- 155 - Stand-up Comedy starring Cedric the Entertainer
- 157 - Cerebral Foreign War Movies
- 158 - Scary Italian Movies from the 1970s
- 159 - Thrillers based on real life
- 160 - Heartfelt Independent Dramas
- 161 - Gory Crime Movies
- 163 - Movies directed by Delmer Daves
- 166 - Movies starring Emilio Estevez
- 168 - Cult Sci-Fi & Fantasy from the 1970s
- 171 - Thrillers starring Al Pacino
- 172 - Movies directed by Chris Columbus
- 173 - Movies starring Gwyneth Paltrow
- 174 - Scary Italian Movies from the 1980s
- 176 - Mind-bending Movies based on Books
- 177 - African-American Crime Comedies
- 178 - Gritty Japanese Crime Action & Adventure
- 180 - Sports Documentaries
- 183 - Movies starring Ray Corrigan
- 185 - Scary Independent Crime Movies
- 186 - Cult Psychological Horror Movies
- 187 - Gritty Chinese Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 188 - Foreign War Dramas from the 1950s
- 190 - Foreign Psychological Horror Movies
- 191 - Movies directed by Atom Egoyan
- 193 - Cult Sci-Fi & Fantasy from the 1980s
- 194 - Movies starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- 196 - Movies directed by Robert Stevenson
- 198 - Crime Movies based on a book from the 1960s
- 200 - Critically-acclaimed Military Action & Adventure
- 201 - Dramas starring Jack Lemmon
- 203 - Critically-acclaimed Tearjerkers
- 204 - Comedies starring Meg Ryan
- 208 - Gritty Chinese Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 209 - Foreign War Dramas from the 1960s
- 211 - Goofy Action & Adventure
- 213 - Discovery Channel Documentaries
- 214 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Movies on Blu-ray
- 215 - Movies starring Nana Patekar
- 217 - Movies starring James Woods
- 218 - Classical Instrumental Music
- 219 - Movies starring Simon Yam
- 220 - Movies starring Matthew Modine
- 221 - Movies starring Aishwarya Rai
- 222 - Gay & Lesbian Action & Adventure
- 223 - Independent Dramas on Blu-ray
- 224 - Foreign War Dramas from the 1970s
- 225 - Movies starring Chuck Norris
- 226 - Movies starring Lou Costello
- 228 - Mysteries directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- 230 - Understated Biographical Movies
- 232 - Dark Independent Dramas
- 234 - Showbiz Dramas from the 1950s
- 236 - Movies directed by Tony Richardson
- 238 - Quirky Independent Biographical Movies
- 239 - Suspenseful Movies starring Denzel Washington
- 240 - Action & Adventure starring Buster Crabbe
- 241 - Russian Crime Movies
- 242 - Independent Political Thrillers
- 243 - Goofy Movies for ages 5 to 7
- 245 - Military Westerns
- 247 - Gritty Mysteries
- 248 - Critically-acclaimed Witty Foreign Movies
- 250 - Foreign War Dramas from the 1980s
- 251 - Dramas starring Gwyneth Paltrow
- 252 - Scary Crime Sci-Fi Thrillers
- 253 - Exciting Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 254 - German-Language Dramas from the 1920s
- 255 - Movies starring Robert Forster
- 258 - Goofy Cult Movies
- 260 - Imaginative Comedies
- 262 - Belgian Movies
- 263 - Showbiz Dramas from the 1960s
- 264 - Visually-striking Mind-bending Dramas
- 265 - Gritty Westerns
- 266 - Quirky Satires from the 1970s
- 268 - Dramas on Blu-ray
- 269 - Gory Psychological Horror Movies
- 271 - British Military Dramas
- 273 - Dramas directed by John Sayles
- 274 - Dramas starring Sanjeev Kumar
- 275 - Suspenseful Movies starring Sam Neill
- 276 - Gritty Tearjerkers
- 277 - Movies starring Susan Sarandon
- 279 - Gritty Latino Dramas
- 280 - Visually-striking Irreverent Movies
- 281 - Horror Movies directed by Jim Wynorski
- 284 - Movies starring Tom Selleck
- 285 - Goofy Courtroom Movies
- 286 - British Independent Movies from the 1980s
- 287 - Showbiz Dramas from the 1970s
- 288 - Movies starring Jack Palance
- 289 - Quirky Satires from the 1980s
- 290 - Heartfelt War Dramas
- 291 - Action & Adventure directed by Corey Yuen
- 292 - Dramas starring Leslie Cheung
- 293 - Imaginative Independent Dramas
- 295 - Raunchy Satires
- 297 - Detective Movies from the 1930s
- 300 - Goofy Detective Movies
- 301 - Movies starring James Spader
- 302 - Critically-acclaimed Social Issue Dramas
- 303 - Movies starring Fred MacMurray
- 304 - Feel-good Movies for ages 8 to 10
- 305 - Movies starring Sam Waterston
- 307 - African-American Independent Comedies
- 308 - French-Language Coming-of-age Dramas
- 310 - Showbiz Dramas from the 1980s
- 311 - Gory Psychological Movies
- 312 - Imaginative Children & Family Movies
- 313 - Quirky Satires
- 317 - Movies directed by William Hanna
- 318 - Movies starring Christina Ricci
- 319 - Documentaries from the 1930s
- 320 - Movies directed by Freddie Francis
- 321 - Romantic Political Movies
- 322 - Feel-good African-American Movies
- 323 - Emotional Comedies
- 324 - Detective Movies from the 1940s
- 325 - Critically-acclaimed Witty Dramas
- 326 - Movies starring Javier Bardem
- 327 - Movies starring George Clooney
- 328 - German-Language Dramas from the 1950s
- 330 - Romantic Teen Dramas
- 331 - Horror Movies starring Klaus Kinski
- 332 - Satires starring Leslie Nielsen
- 334 - Witty Psychological Movies
- 337 - French-Language Military Dramas
- 338 - Movies starring Kari Wuhrer
- 339 - Movies on IMAX
- 340 - Foreign Crime Documentaries
- 341 - Sacred Classical Music
- 342 - Documentaries from the 1940s
- 343 - Suspenseful Foreign Military Movies
- 344 - Detective Movies from the 1950s
- 345 - Movies directed by Jonathan Kaplan
- 347 - Quirky Comedies directed by Woody Allen
- 348 - Dramas directed by Andrzej Wajda
- 349 - German-Language Dramas from the 1960s
- 351 - Movies directed by Edward Dmytryk
- 352 - Emotional Psychological Dramas
- 354 - Movies starring Matthew McConaughey
- 355 - Goofy Children & Family Movies
- 357 - Movies starring Yu Wang
- 358 - Understated Independent Political Movies
- 360 - Movies starring Kathleen Turner
- 362 - Visually-striking Suspenseful Dramas
- 363 - Visually-striking Biographical Dramas
- 364 - Critically-acclaimed Witty Crime Thrillers
- 365 - Opera & Operetta
- 367 - Documentaries from the 1950s