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!
- 6145 - Comedies starring Will Ferrell
- 6150 - Violent Military Movies
- 6153 - Movies starring Michael York
- 6154 - Movies starring Fred Astaire
- 6159 - Movies starring Adam Baldwin
- 6160 - Sentimental Foreign Movies
- 6162 - Visually-striking Mind-bending Psychological Movies
- 6168 - Movies starring Peter O'Toole
- 6169 - Romantic Slapstick Comedies
- 6170 - Cult Slasher and Serial Killer Movies
- 6173 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Movies from the 1980s
- 6176 - Action & Adventure starring Jackie Chan
- 6178 - Suspenseful Movies directed by Brian De Palma
- 6181 - Movies directed by Leo McCarey
- 6182 - Visually-striking Suspenseful Independent Movies
- 6184 - Foreign Courtroom Movies
- 6186 - Horror Movies from the 1970s
- 6188 - Independent Psychological Thrillers
- 6189 - Suspenseful Movies starring Robert De Niro
- 6191 - Gay & Lesbian Dramas based on Books
- 6195 - Martial Arts Movies starring Jet Li
- 6196 - Movies starring Ving Rhames
- 6197 - Goofy Comedies
- 6201 - Suspenseful Movies starring Humphrey Bogart
- 6204 - Movies starring James Garner
- 6206 - Critically Acclaimed Dramas
- 6206 - Critically-acclaimed Dramas
- 6207 - Witty Showbiz Dramas
- 6209 - Movies starring Dharmendra
- 6213 - Horror Movies from the 1980s
- 6214 - Imaginative Dramas
- 6216 - Critically-acclaimed Independent Comedies
- 6218 - Movies for ages 3 to 4
- 6220 - Sentimental Gay & Lesbian Movies
- 6227 - Foreign Historical Documentaries
- 6228 - Witty British Independent Movies
- 6229 - Movies starring Sharmila Tagore
- 6231 - Goofy African-American Comedies
- 6233 - Foreign Social Issue Dramas
- 6234 - Exciting Alien Sci-Fi
- 6235 - Critically-acclaimed Understated Independent Comedies
- 6246 - Movies starring Groucho Marx
- 6247 - Courtroom Movies based on Books
- 6248 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Independent Dramas
- 6251 - TV Comedies for ages 8 to 10
- 6254 - Scary Independent Psychological Thrillers
- 6257 - German-Language Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 6258 - Movies starring Nick Nolte
- 6259 - Independent Mockumentaries
- 6260 - Romantic Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 6263 - Witty Action & Adventure
- 6266 - Violent Sci-Fi & Fantasy from the 1980s
- 6267 - Scary British Movies
- 6270 - Emotional Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 6271 - Gritty Independent Crime Action & Adventure
- 6273 - British Movies for ages 8 to 10
- 6281 - Critically-acclaimed Italian Dramas
- 6285 - Japanese Political Movies
- 6289 - Dark Fantasy Movies
- 6290 - Action & Adventure starring Andy Lau
- 6294 - Feel-good Coming-of-age Comedies
- 6297 - Understated Independent Comedies
- 6298 - Movies directed by Mick Jackson
- 6299 - Polish Movies
- 6300 - Visually-striking Quirky Movies
- 6304 - Movies directed by Renny Harlin
- 6306 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Documentaries
- 6307 - Visually-striking Romantic Dramas
- 6312 - Movies starring Adam Sandler
- 6315 - Gritty British Political Movies
- 6317 - Quirky Martial Arts Movies
- 6319 - Dramas starring Sharmila Tagore
- 6322 - Independent Sports Dramas
- 6324 - African-American Documentaries
- 6325 - Critically-acclaimed Witty Comedies from the 1940s
- 6328 - Movies starring Christian Slater
- 6329 - Foreign Coming-of-age Movies
- 6330 - Gritty Horror Movies
- 6332 - Dramas starring Sandra Bullock
- 6334 - Action & Adventure starring Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
- 6337 - Sports Movies Featuring Animals
- 6340 - Understated Foreign Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 6341 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Gay & Lesbian Movies
- 6343 - Movies starring Jennifer Jason Leigh
- 6347 - Quirky Comedies
- 6351 - Quirky Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 6353 - Critically-acclaimed Controversial Political Movies
- 6357 - Feel-good Dramas based on real life
- 6358 - Critically-acclaimed Witty Comedies from the 1950s
- 6359 - Critically-acclaimed Thrillers
- 6361 - Gory Military Dramas
- 6362 - Emotional Crime Action & Adventure
- 6363 - Dramas starring Gene Hackman
- 6367 - Experimental Documentaries
- 6368 - Gritty Crime Thrillers based on Books
- 6374 - Violent Action & Adventure
- 6376 - Critically-acclaimed Independent Crime Comedies
- 6378 - Dark Russian Movies
- 6379 - Spanish-Language Crime Comedies
- 6382 - Adventures based on Books
- 6383 - Critically-acclaimed Witty Comedies from the 1960s
- 6384 - Tearjerkers
- 6385 - Movies starring Billy Crystal
- 6386 - Witty Movies starring Walter Matthau
- 6387 - Movies directed by Howard Hawks
- 6389 - Inspiring Comedies
- 6391 - Movies starring David Duchovny
- 6392 - Suspenseful Independent Spy Movies
- 6393 - Understated Dramas
- 6394 - Suspenseful Movies starring Harrison Ford
- 6395 - Israeli Dramas
- 6396 - Movies starring Peter Fonda
- 6402 - Motorcycles & Motocross
- 6405 - Violent Crime Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 6409 - Critically-acclaimed Visually-striking Cerebral Movies
- 6411 - Cerebral Mysteries
- 6412 - Critically-acclaimed Witty Comedies from the 1970s
- 6414 - Dark Psychological Mysteries
- 6415 - Scary Psychological Mysteries
- 6416 - Sentimental Spanish-Language Movies
- 6422 - Violent Foreign Crime Thrillers
- 6423 - Irreverent Showbiz Movies
- 6425 - Movies starring Bette Davis
- 6430 - Dramas starring Kevin Kline
- 6433 - Scary Crime Action & Adventure
- 6437 - African-American Crime Movies
- 6438 - Critically-acclaimed Witty Comedies from the 1980s
- 6441 - Dark Psychological Movies based on Books
- 6442 - Steamy British Independent Movies
- 6444 - Exciting Satires
- 6445 - Inspiring Movies from the 1950s
- 6454 - Movies starring Natalie Wood
- 6456 - French-Language Movies from the 1980s
- 6460 - Chinese Crime Thrillers
- 6461 - Movies starring Juhi Chawla
- 6465 - Movies starring Dermot Mulroney
- 6468 - Movies starring F. Murray Abraham
- 6469 - Independent Comedies from the 1980s
- 6471 - Inspiring Sports Children & Family Movies
- 6473 - Movies starring Stellan Skarsgård
- 6474 - Movies starring Sigourney Weaver
- 6475 - Movies starring Steve Buscemi
- 6476 - Movies starring Debbie Rochon
- 6477 - Dramas starring Christian Bale
- 6482 - Dark Psychological Movies
- 6485 - Foreign Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 6489 - Comedies about Food
- 6491 - Critically-acclaimed Suspenseful Movies
- 6493 - Gritty Crime Action & Adventure
- 6498 - Imaginative Movies for ages 11 to 12
- 6501 - Dramas starring Jennifer Jason Leigh
- 6503 - Inspiring Movies from the 1970s
- 6505 - Gritty Chinese Crime Action & Adventure
- 6506 - Dark Political Action & Adventure
- 6507 - Visually-striking Cerebral Independent Movies
- 6513 - Gory Military Movies
- 6515 - Psychological Mysteries
- 6516 - Critically-acclaimed Cult Satires
- 6518 - Argentinian Movies from the 1980s
- 6520 - Comedies based on real life
- 6524 - Critically-acclaimed Inspiring Political Movies
- 6529 - Inspiring Movies from the 1980s
- 6532 - Gay & Lesbian Showbiz Movies
- 6534 - Movies based on Books for ages 8 to 10
- 6536 - Movies starring John Savage
- 6538 - Gory Sci-Fi & Fantasy from the 1980s
- 6541 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Independent Dramas
- 6542 - Inspiring War Dramas
- 6545 - Goofy Movies for ages 11 to 12
- 6546 - Cerebral German-Language Movies
- 6548 - Comedies
- 6552 - Spy Martial Arts Movies
- 6554 - Violent Independent Psychological Thrillers
- 6555 - Dark Adventures
- 6557 - Goofy Foreign Crime Movies
- 6559 - Dark French-Language Movies
- 6562 - Critically-acclaimed Military Movies from the 1980s
- 6563 - Coming-of-age Comedies
- 6565 - Dark Movies from the 1920s
- 6566 - Steamy Crime Thrillers from the 1980s
- 6567 - Political Movies based on real life
- 6571 - Independent Military Dramas
- 6574 - Feel-good Independent Dramas
- 6575 - Raunchy Documentaries
- 6576 - Romantic Chinese Dramas
- 6578 - Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy from the 1960s
- 6579 - Critically-acclaimed Imaginative Foreign Movies
- 6581 - Exciting Spy Movies
- 6593 - Exciting Crime Movies based on Books
- 6594 - Critically-acclaimed Scary Mysteries
- 6598 - Imaginative Sci-Fi & Fantasy from the 1980s
- 6600 - Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy from the 1970s
- 6601 - Biographical Action & Adventure
- 6602 - Movies starring Steve Guttenberg
- 6605 - Movies starring Ally Sheedy
- 6606 - Coming-of-age Dramas for ages 11 to 12
- 6613 - Dark Movies from the 1940s
- 6616 - Political Dramas
- 6623 - Imaginative French-Language Movies
- 6624 - Australian Horror Movies
- 6626 - Korean Comedies
- 6628 - Violent Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 6632 - Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy from the 1980s
- 6633 - Movies starring Koji Yakusho
- 6634 - Chinese Crime Movies from the 1980s
- 6637 - Emotional Foreign Dramas
- 6640 - Gritty Crime Movies based on real life
- 6641 - Dark Movies from the 1950s
- 6643 - Suspenseful Independent Movies based on real life
- 6644 - Movies starring Craig T. Nelson
- 6645 - Emotional Independent Crime Dramas
- 6648 - Suspenseful Movies starring Dennis Hopper
- 6649 - Violent Japanese Crime Movies
- 6650 - Military Dramas from the 1950s
- 6651 - British Tearjerkers
- 6652 - Scary Crime Thrillers
- 6653 - Goofy Sports Comedies
- 6656 - Military Action & Adventure based on real life
- 6657 - Other Sports
- 6658 - Sports Movies for ages 11 to 12
- 6660 - Campy Sci-Fi Adventure
- 6662 - Action & Adventure starring Steve McQueen
- 6663 - Gritty Military Documentaries
- 6664 - Gritty British Dramas
- 6667 - Crime Satires
- 6668 - Crime Slapstick Comedies
- 6669 - Sentimental Movies based on Books
- 6670 - Movies starring Barbara Hershey
- 6673 - Dark Movies from the 1960s
- 6676 - Dramas for ages 11 to 12
- 6679 - Movies starring John Wayne
- 6680 - Military Dramas from the 1960s
- 6685 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Military Dramas
- 6686 - Latin American Action & Adventure
- 6689 - Dark Eastern European Movies
- 6694 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Biographical Movies
- 6695 - Martial Arts, Boxing & Wrestling
- 6696 - Dark War Dramas
- 6700 - Dark Movies from the 1970s
- 6702 - Movies starring William H. Macy
- 6703 - Movies directed by Steve Miner
- 6704 - Emotional Psychological Movies
- 6708 - Witty Independent Showbiz Movies
- 6711 - Military Dramas from the 1970s
- 6713 - Sports Satires
- 6714 - Movies starring Nicole Kidman
- 6717 - Movies starring Lance Henriksen
- 6718 - Witty British Movies based on Books
- 6719 - Movies starring Rebecca De Mornay
- 6721 - Anime Series