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
Ordered by Netflix's "secret code". Wondering why there's gaps in the numbers...so are we!
- 5570 - Westerns starring Robert Mitchum
- 5571 - Critically-acclaimed Scary Thrillers
- 5572 - Chinese Dramas
- 5576 - Visually-striking Crime Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 5579 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Foreign Crime Movies
- 5582 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Thrillers
- 5583 - Critically-acclaimed Feel-good Movies
- 5585 - Showbiz Satires
- 5586 - Movies starring Joe Estevez
- 5590 - Foreign Westerns
- 5591 - Scary Japanese Movies
- 5595 - Scary Psychological Movies based on Books
- 5596 - Movies starring Sean Connery
- 5599 - Steamy Movies based on Books
- 5600 - Movies starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
- 5601 - Movies starring Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
- 5603 - Quirky British Movies
- 5606 - Gritty Dramas from the 1940s
- 5607 - Movies starring John Travolta
- 5608 - Singer-Songwriter Concerts
- 5609 - Scary Mysteries from the 1970s
- 5610 - TV Sketch Comedies
- 5614 - Movies starring Kyle MacLachlan
- 5615 - Violent Italian Crime Movies
- 5618 - Eastern European Crime Movies
- 5619 - Dramas starring John Hurt
- 5622 - Horror Movies directed by David DeCoteau
- 5626 - Imaginative Independent Movies
- 5629 - Violent Movies based on Books
- 5631 - Irreverent Comedies
- 5633 - Goofy Independent Showbiz Movies
- 5634 - Movies starring Judd Nelson
- 5635 - Dark British Movies
- 5636 - Cerebral Foreign Crime Movies
- 5638 - Animal Tales based on Books
- 5639 - German-Language Thrillers
- 5640 - Scary Mysteries from the 1980s
- 5644 - Movies starring Robert Patrick
- 5645 - Imaginative Sci-Fi & Fantasy for ages 11 to 12
- 5650 - African-American Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 5653 - Witty Political Movies
- 5654 - Action & Adventure for ages 11 to 12
- 5655 - Independent Coming-of-age Movies
- 5657 - Comedies starring Julia Roberts
- 5659 - Gritty Dramas from the 1960s
- 5666 - Comedies from the 1940s
- 5668 - Romantic Screwball Comedies
- 5670 - Sentimental Dramas based on Books
- 5672 - Controversial Dramas
- 5674 - Spy Comedies from the 1960s
- 5675 - Visually-striking Gritty Crime Movies
- 5677 - Movies starring Johnathon Schaech
- 5683 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional War Movies
- 5685 - Korean Movies
- 5688 - Exciting Movies starring Jackie Chan
- 5690 - Movies starring Jennifer Aniston
- 5691 - Exciting Foreign War Dramas
- 5692 - British Spy Thrillers
- 5693 - Gritty Dramas from the 1970s
- 5694 - Critically-acclaimed British Dramas
- 5699 - Movies starring Sean Penn
- 5700 - War Dramas from the 1960s
- 5701 - Comedies from the 1950s
- 5702 - Comedies for ages 11 to 12
- 5704 - Witty Crime Dramas
- 5706 - Spanish-Language Crime Dramas
- 5708 - TV Sketch Comedies from the 1980s
- 5709 - Critically-acclaimed Inspiring Movies
- 5713 - British Crime Dramas from the 1980s
- 5714 - Gritty Dramas from the 1980s
- 5715 - Critically-acclaimed Understated British Dramas
- 5723 - Foreign Psychological Dramas
- 5724 - War Dramas from the 1970s
- 5725 - Comedies from the 1960s
- 5727 - Cerebral Foreign Thrillers
- 5728 - Movies starring Sarah Jessica Parker
- 5731 - Campy Satires from the 1980s
- 5732 - Heartfelt Biographical Movies
- 5733 - Gritty Political Dramas
- 5735 - Gritty Mexican Dramas
- 5737 - Comedies directed by Woody Allen
- 5739 - British Independent Crime Dramas
- 5743 - Movies starring Jennifer Jones
- 5746 - Critically-acclaimed Witty Thrillers
- 5748 - Exciting Sci-Fi Adventure
- 5750 - Understated British Independent Dramas
- 5754 - Dramas starring Jon Voight
- 5756 - Raunchy Comedies
- 5758 - Comedies from the 1970s
- 5763 - Dramas
- 5767 - Suspenseful Sports Movies
- 5770 - Movies starring Scott Wilson
- 5772 - Understated German-Language Movies
- 5773 - Action & Adventure starring Robert Mitchum
- 5774 - Comedies from the 1980s
- 5775 - Understated British Dramas
- 5776 - Dark Action & Adventure
- 5777 - Dramas starring Aidan Quinn
- 5779 - Critically-acclaimed Imaginative Dramas
- 5780 - Independent Crime Dramas
- 5782 - Spanish-Language Movies from the 1980s
- 5786 - Movies directed by Ken Annakin
- 5787 - Gory Crime Action & Adventure
- 5791 - Steamy Independent Movies from the 1980s
- 5792 - Movies starring Campbell Scott
- 5793 - Painting
- 5795 - Steamy Dramas based on Books
- 5796 - Critically-acclaimed Dramas based on real life
- 5798 - Movies starring Sean Bean
- 5801 - Comedies starring Bette Midler
- 5802 - Dramas starring Denzel Washington
- 5803 - Dramas starring Leonardo DiCaprio
- 5807 - Understated Foreign Gay & Lesbian Movies
- 5810 - Movies starring Cloris Leachman
- 5811 - Gritty Social Issue Dramas
- 5812 - Movies starring Anil Kapoor
- 5817 - British Political Movies from the 1980s
- 5822 - Movies starring Guy Pearce
- 5823 - Critically-acclaimed Adventures
- 5824 - Crime Movies
- 5830 - Scary Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 5832 - Psychological Action & Adventure
- 5835 - Visually-striking Violent Psychological Movies
- 5836 - Cult Late Night Comedies
- 5838 - Critically-acclaimed Courtroom Movies
- 5841 - Action & Adventure starring Donnie Yen
- 5846 - Cult Psychological Movies
- 5847 - Movies directed by Don Bluth
- 5848 - Critically-acclaimed Chinese Movies
- 5849 - Movies directed by Joel Coen
- 5853 - Critically-acclaimed Detective Movies
- 5857 - Emotional Foreign Crime Dramas
- 5858 - Sci-Fi Adventure from the 1960s
- 5859 - Critically-acclaimed Exciting Crime Movies
- 5864 - Suspenseful Psychological Movies
- 5868 - Independent Coming-of-age Movies based on Books
- 5870 - Movies directed by William Friedkin
- 5872 - Movies starring William Shatner
- 5874 - Movies starring Tilda Swinton
- 5875 - Middle Eastern Movies
- 5879 - Critically-acclaimed Movies based on Books
- 5880 - Psychological Slasher and Serial Killer Movies
- 5885 - Witty Cult Comedies
- 5886 - Dramas starring Dennis Quaid
- 5887 - Movies starring Christopher Plummer
- 5890 - Movies starring Rip Torn
- 5896 - Crime Alien Sci-Fi
- 5900 - Mind-bending Sci-Fi Thrillers
- 5901 - Scary Independent Psychological Movies
- 5903 - Critically-acclaimed Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 5904 - Emotional War Dramas
- 5905 - Thrillers starring Bruce Willis
- 5907 - Independent Psychological Dramas
- 5912 - Sci-Fi Adventure from the 1980s
- 5913 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic Independent Movies
- 5915 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Political Movies
- 5917 - Movies starring Goldie Hawn
- 5919 - Critically-acclaimed German-Language Dramas
- 5922 - African-American Social Issue Dramas
- 5923 - Argentinian Dramas
- 5924 - Action & Adventure starring Charles Bronson
- 5930 - Witty Biographical Documentaries
- 5931 - Dramas starring Govinda
- 5933 - Critically-acclaimed Understated Dramas
- 5934 - Movies starring Jackie Shroff
- 5935 - Violent Military Action & Adventure
- 5937 - Teen Movies based on Books
- 5938 - Sentimental Sports Dramas
- 5939 - Critically-acclaimed Movies based on real life
- 5940 - Critically-acclaimed War Dramas
- 5946 - Movies directed by Bruce Beresford
- 5947 - Psychological Movies from the 1970s
- 5949 - Foreign Crime Thrillers
- 5952 - French-Language Crime Dramas
- 5958 - Imaginative Adventures
- 5961 - Movies starring Paul Winfield
- 5962 - Military Movies
- 5964 - Violent Psychological Thrillers
- 5968 - Critically-acclaimed Independent Dramas from the 1980s
- 5969 - Romantic African-American Dramas
- 5970 - Psychological Movies from the 1980s
- 5971 - Suspenseful Adventures based on Books
- 5973 - Witty Crime Action & Adventure
- 5977 - LGBTQ Movies
- 5980 - Movies starring Rick Moranis
- 5981 - European Folk & Traditional Music
- 5983 - Romantic French-Language Movies
- 5985 - Romantic Foreign Crime Movies
- 5987 - Quirky Showbiz Comedies
- 5990 - Movies starring Joely Richardson
- 5994 - Critically-acclaimed Cult Movies
- 5995 - Monster Movies from the 1980s
- 5996 - Exciting Crime Comedies
- 5997 - Romantic Teen Coming-of-age Movies
- 6000 - Japanese Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 6003 - Movies starring Stephen Dorff
- 6008 - Gritty African-American Action & Adventure
- 6009 - Movies starring Bill Murray
- 6016 - Witty Biographical Movies
- 6017 - Action & Adventure starring Steven Seagal
- 6021 - Action & Adventure starring Eric Roberts
- 6022 - Visually-striking Independent Movies
- 6027 - Dramas starring Robert De Niro
- 6029 - Exciting Crime Movies based on real life
- 6031 - African Music
- 6032 - Movies starring Angela Bassett
- 6034 - Israeli Crime Movies
- 6041 - Gritty Crime Movies based on Books
- 6043 - Romantic Showbiz Dramas
- 6051 - British Crime Movies
- 6053 - Mexican Crime Dramas
- 6054 - Independent Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 6057 - Scary Movies
- 6058 - Cult Sci-Fi Horror Movies
- 6068 - Comedies starring Tom Arnold
- 6069 - Cerebral Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 6070 - Foreign Crime Thrillers from the 1980s
- 6073 - Rap & Hip-Hop
- 6073 - Hip-Hop
- 6074 - Coming-of-age Children & Family Movies
- 6075 - Foreign Thrillers from the 1980s
- 6080 - Gory Martial Arts Movies
- 6082 - Suspenseful Sci-Fi Horror Movies
- 6083 - Critically-acclaimed Showbiz Dramas from the 1980s
- 6085 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Comedies
- 6086 - Movies starring Rae Dawn Chong
- 6087 - Goofy Movies starring Dan Aykroyd
- 6088 - Suspenseful Movies directed by Tony Scott
- 6093 - Movies based on Books for ages 11 to 12
- 6096 - Critically-acclaimed Violent War Movies
- 6098 - Gritty Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 6101 - Visually-striking Gory Action & Adventure
- 6103 - Movies starring Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
- 6108 - Sentimental Movies for ages 5 to 7
- 6109 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Independent Dramas
- 6113 - Movies directed by Abel Ferrara
- 6115 - Exciting Political Movies
- 6119 - Violent Biographical Movies
- 6120 - Dark Biographical Documentaries
- 6121 - Action & Adventure starring Amitabh Bachchan
- 6124 - Romantic Crime Dramas
- 6125 - Gritty Political Movies
- 6130 - Movies starring Judi Dench
- 6132 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Documentaries
- 6133 - Argentinian Movies
- 6136 - Critically-acclaimed Gory Thrillers
- 6138 - Gritty French-Language Dramas
- 6139 - Movies directed by Jean-Luc Godard
- 6141 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Independent Movies
- 6142 - Movies starring Michael Gambon