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!
- 5012 - Showbiz Dramas
- 5014 - Sentimental Coming-of-age Dramas
- 5015 - Australian Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 5019 - Coming-of-age Dramas from the 1980s
- 5021 - Quirky Fantasy Movies
- 5022 - Foreign Monster Movies
- 5026 - Comedies starring Diane Keaton
- 5028 - Thrillers starring Robert De Niro
- 5029 - Visually-striking Scary Movies
- 5030 - Movies based on real life for ages 11 to 12
- 5033 - Visually-striking Gritty Movies
- 5034 - Gritty Italian Crime Movies
- 5036 - Dramas starring Billy Bob Thornton
- 5041 - Controversial Movies
- 5043 - British War Dramas
- 5050 - Action & Adventure starring Samuel L. Jackson
- 5051 - Indian Dramas
- 5055 - Gritty Foreign Dramas
- 5059 - Thrillers from the 1940s
- 5060 - Witty Showbiz Movies
- 5061 - Steamy Showbiz Dramas
- 5062 - Crime Movies from the 1940s
- 5063 - Movies starring Jeff Fahey
- 5065 - Political Action & Adventure based on Books
- 5066 - Understated Movies
- 5067 - Movies starring Charles Grodin
- 5072 - Action & Adventure starring Sunny Deol
- 5073 - Quirky Foreign Crime Action & Adventure
- 5074 - Movies starring Eric Stoltz
- 5079 - Spy Satires
- 5080 - Dance & Electronica
- 5081 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Movies from the 1970s
- 5082 - Action & Adventure based on real life
- 5088 - Thrillers from the 1950s
- 5091 - Crime Movies from the 1950s
- 5095 - Dramas starring Samuel L. Jackson
- 5096 - Gospel Music
- 5097 - Inspiring Dramas based on real life
- 5100 - Romantic Crime Comedies
- 5101 - Korean Crime Dramas
- 5104 - Goofy Movies based on children's books
- 5110 - Movies starring Billy Connolly
- 5112 - Critically-acclaimed Film Noir
- 5113 - Quirky Stand-up Comedy
- 5115 - British Cult Movies
- 5120 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Movies from the 1980s
- 5124 - Suspenseful Movies starring Eric Roberts
- 5125 - Showbiz Movies from the 1950s
- 5128 - Gritty Crime Dramas based on real life
- 5130 - Home & Garden
- 5132 - Steamy Gay & Lesbian Movies
- 5133 - Quirky Comedies based on Books
- 5134 - Visually-striking Exciting Movies
- 5139 - Emotional British Movies
- 5141 - Dark Independent Movies based on Books
- 5142 - Movies starring Fred Williamson
- 5144 - Movies starring Daniel Craig
- 5148 - Movies starring Blythe Danner
- 5149 - Romantic Coming-of-age Movies from the 1980s
- 5150 - Campy Gay & Lesbian Comedies
- 5151 - Emotional Foreign Political Movies
- 5152 - Campy Foreign Movies
- 5155 - Critically-acclaimed Dark British Movies
- 5157 - British Showbiz Movies
- 5159 - Showbiz Movies from the 1960s
- 5160 - Thrillers from the 1970s
- 5161 - Foreign Documentaries
- 5162 - Crime Movies from the 1970s
- 5163 - Goofy Movies for ages 8 to 10
- 5165 - Movies starring Lindsay Wagner
- 5167 - Thrillers starring Michael Douglas
- 5168 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Dramas
- 5169 - Critically-acclaimed Exciting Military Movies
- 5173 - Movies starring Armin Mueller-Stahl
- 5176 - Goofy African-American Movies
- 5180 - Movies starring Martin Lawrence
- 5181 - Showbiz Movies from the 1970s
- 5182 - Thrillers from the 1980s
- 5184 - Suspenseful Foreign Spy Movies
- 5186 - Raunchy Sports Comedies
- 5187 - Crime Movies from the 1980s
- 5191 - Movies directed by Wolfgang Petersen
- 5192 - Gory Mysteries
- 5198 - Movies starring Jamie Lee Curtis
- 5200 - Campy Movies from the 1980s
- 5201 - Understated Australian Movies
- 5202 - Movies starring Sonny Chiba
- 5206 - Australian Independent Movies
- 5212 - Showbiz Movies from the 1980s
- 5214 - Movies starring Ellen Barkin
- 5216 - Dramas starring Robert Redford
- 5217 - Critically-acclaimed Witty Crime Dramas
- 5222 - British Movies from the 1940s
- 5223 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Crime Action & Adventure
- 5224 - Movies starring Marilyn Monroe
- 5226 - Movies starring Govinda
- 5227 - Independent Crime Thrillers
- 5230 - Australian Movies
- 5231 - Crime Westerns
- 5236 - Boating & Sailing
- 5239 - Gritty African-American Crime Action & Adventure
- 5241 - Violent Crime Thrillers
- 5242 - Scary Fantasy Movies
- 5244 - Visually-striking War Movies
- 5246 - Critically-acclaimed British Dramas based on Books
- 5254 - Eastern European Movies
- 5255 - Raunchy Independent Movies
- 5257 - Romantic Independent Comedies
- 5258 - Witty Dramas
- 5259 - Movies starring Kevin Bacon
- 5265 - Chinese Crime Movies
- 5266 - Family-friendly Movies
- 5271 - British Movies from the 1960s
- 5275 - Quirky Movies from the 1970s
- 5277 - Witty Crime Comedies
- 5278 - Dramas starring Jeremy Irons
- 5279 - Controversial Crime Dramas
- 5281 - Exciting Military Movies from the 1980s
- 5282 - Movies starring Ernest Borgnine
- 5285 - Romantic Independent Dramas based on Books
- 5286 - Sports Comedies
- 5288 - Critically-acclaimed Military Historical Documentaries
- 5292 - Visually-striking Quirky Independent Movies
- 5295 - Goofy Satires
- 5296 - British Movies from the 1970s
- 5299 - Critically-acclaimed Independent Crime Dramas
- 5300 - Cult Horror Movies from the 1970s
- 5301 - Quirky Movies from the 1980s
- 5303 - Critically-acclaimed Australian Dramas
- 5304 - Chinese Political Dramas
- 5306 - Critically-acclaimed Sentimental Movies
- 5311 - Gritty Movies starring Sylvester Stallone
- 5312 - French-Language Biographical Documentaries
- 5318 - Dark Action & Adventure from the 1960s
- 5319 - Movies starring Virginia Madsen
- 5321 - Goofy Comedies from the 1960s
- 5327 - British Movies from the 1980s
- 5328 - Romantic Italian Dramas
- 5329 - Cult Horror Movies from the 1980s
- 5331 - Controversial Political Documentaries
- 5333 - Movies starring Daniel Day-Lewis
- 5335 - Gritty Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 5336 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Crime Thrillers
- 5337 - African-American Independent Crime Movies
- 5338 - Sports Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 5339 - Movies starring David Morse
- 5340 - Coming-of-age Movies for ages 8 to 10
- 5342 - Vocal Jazz
- 5343 - Exciting Movies
- 5346 - Comedies starring Alan Arkin
- 5348 - Argentinian Thrillers
- 5349 - Historical Documentaries
- 5351 - Violent Crime Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 5354 - Movies directed by Peter Weir
- 5357 - Movies starring Gena Rowlands
- 5358 - Witty Independent Showbiz Comedies
- 5359 - Movies directed by Roman Polanski
- 5360 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Independent Dramas
- 5364 - Scary British Thrillers
- 5365 - African-American Political Documentaries
- 5369 - Dark Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 5372 - Goofy Comedies from the 1980s
- 5373 - Independent Westerns
- 5376 - Violent British Movies
- 5377 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Thrillers from the 1940s
- 5379 - Movies starring Cheech Marin
- 5380 - Violent Crime Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 5386 - Movies starring Cicely Tyson
- 5387 - Suspenseful Military Movies based on real life
- 5389 - Movies starring Chris O'Donnell
- 5390 - Dark Psychological Dramas
- 5391 - Gay & Lesbian Crime Thrillers
- 5392 - Cerebral Thrillers
- 5393 - Inspiring Historical Documentaries
- 5396 - Dark Psychological Thrillers
- 5397 - Scary Psychological Thrillers
- 5402 - Gritty Foreign Action & Adventure
- 5403 - Witty French-Language Comedies
- 5405 - TV Action & Adventure from the 1960s
- 5406 - Imaginative Animal Tales
- 5408 - Foreign Spy Action & Adventure
- 5409 - Gritty War Movies
- 5417 - Critically-acclaimed Science & Nature Documentaries
- 5426 - Movies starring Corey Haim
- 5427 - Critically-acclaimed Heartfelt Dramas
- 5429 - Witty Independent Comedies
- 5430 - Understated Independent Dramas from the 1980s
- 5433 - Suspenseful Movies directed by Ridley Scott
- 5436 - TV Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 5438 - Raunchy Cult Movies
- 5440 - Exciting Political Dramas
- 5442 - Emotional African-American Dramas
- 5446 - Foreign Biographical Dramas
- 5447 - Visually-striking Foreign Political Movies
- 5448 - French-Language Crime Movies
- 5449 - Quirky Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 5452 - Dramas starring Mithun Chakraborty
- 5453 - Violent Independent Movies
- 5455 - Movies for ages 5 to 7
- 5456 - Teen Dramas based on Books
- 5457 - Alien Sci-Fi from the 1960s
- 5458 - Goofy Chinese Action & Adventure
- 5459 - TV Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 5462 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Thrillers from the 1970s
- 5465 - Critically-acclaimed British Comedies
- 5467 - British Crime Movies based on Books
- 5471 - Witty Movies starring Katharine Hepburn
- 5472 - Movies starring Natalie Portman
- 5475 - Romantic Comedies
- 5477 - Dark Military Documentaries
- 5478 - Movies directed by Michael Schultz
- 5479 - Sports Comedies from the 1980s
- 5480 - Bollywood Movies
- 5484 - Sentimental Dramas for ages 8 to 10
- 5485 - Alien Sci-Fi from the 1970s
- 5488 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Thrillers from the 1980s
- 5491 - Russian Dramas
- 5492 - Independent Courtroom Movies
- 5497 - Movies starring Robert Mitchum
- 5500 - Understated Coming-of-age Dramas
- 5505 - Psychological Thrillers
- 5507 - Animal Tales
- 5509 - Mysteries based on real life
- 5512 - Australian Psychological Movies
- 5516 - Alien Sci-Fi from the 1980s
- 5519 - Dark Mysteries from the 1940s
- 5523 - Dark Biographical Movies
- 5524 - Raunchy Comedies from the 1970s
- 5525 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Tearjerkers
- 5528 - Suspenseful Italian Movies
- 5529 - Dark Dramas based on real life
- 5531 - Movies starring Saif Ali Khan
- 5535 - Cult Alien Sci-Fi
- 5538 - Movies starring Denzel Washington
- 5540 - Movies starring Leonardo DiCaprio
- 5542 - Sentimental Independent Coming-of-age Movies
- 5544 - Suspenseful Sci-Fi Adventure
- 5545 - Indian Crime Dramas
- 5547 - Movies starring Kris Kristofferson
- 5549 - Movies starring Jessica Lange
- 5550 - Raunchy Comedies from the 1980s
- 5552 - Movies starring Julianne Moore
- 5554 - Witty French-Language Movies
- 5558 - Sentimental Documentaries
- 5561 - Movies starring Jet Li
- 5563 - Independent Social Issue Dramas
- 5566 - Romantic Australian Dramas
- 5567 - Movies starring Sylvester Stallone
- 5568 - Movies starring Louis Koo
- 5569 - French-Language Political Dramas