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!
- 9847 - African-American Dramas
- 9849 - Gritty Independent Dramas
- 9851 - Critically-acclaimed Children & Family Movies
- 9853 - Comedies starring Doris Day
- 9854 - Comedies directed by Robert Altman
- 9855 - Exciting Crime Dramas
- 9856 - Movies starring Alfre Woodard
- 9857 - Movies starring Gregory Hines
- 9858 - Movies starring Salma Hayek
- 9859 - Dramas starring Edward James Olmos
- 9862 - Showbiz Dramas based on real life
- 9864 - Witty Showbiz Comedies
- 9865 - Quirky Chinese Action & Adventure
- 9867 - Sci-Fi & Fantasy based on Books
- 9868 - Violent Comic Book and Superhero Movies
- 9869 - British Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 9870 - Exciting Crime Movies
- 9873 - Dutch Dramas
- 9875 - Crime Documentaries
- 9877 - Movies starring Adrien Brody
- 9878 - Violent Independent Thrillers
- 9882 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Political Dramas
- 9883 - Romantic Independent Dramas from the 1980s
- 9884 - Emotional Crime Movies
- 9885 - Critically-acclaimed Exciting Dramas
- 9889 - Movies based on Books
- 9890 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Thrillers
- 9895 - Quirky Crime Movies
- 9897 - Movies starring Katharine Hepburn
- 9899 - Romantic Independent Movies based on Books
- 9900 - Critically-acclaimed Witty British Comedies
- 9901 - Critically-acclaimed Gory Foreign Movies
- 9904 - Critically-acclaimed Gay & Lesbian Comedies
- 9906 - Critically-acclaimed Iranian Movies
- 9907 - Movies directed by Wes Craven
- 9910 - Crime Thrillers based on Books
- 9916 - Romantic Independent Movies
- 9921 - Movies directed by Phillip Noyce
- 9923 - Violent Crime Movies based on real life
- 9924 - Critically-acclaimed Suspenseful Movies based on Books
- 9926 - Scary Cult Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 9931 - Visually-striking Independent Crime Movies
- 9937 - Movies starring Joanna Pacula
- 9939 - Sentimental Tearjerkers
- 9942 - Indian Comedies
- 9943 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic Foreign Movies
- 9945 - BBC Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 9951 - Military Documentaries from the 1980s
- 9952 - Critically-acclaimed Violent Foreign Movies
- 9960 - Movies starring Sandra Bullock
- 9963 - Raunchy Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 9964 - Movies starring Forest Whitaker
- 9965 - Movies starring William Powell
- 9966 - Suspenseful Independent Action & Adventure
- 9967 - Feel-good Biographical Movies
- 9971 - Teen Coming-of-age Comedies
- 9978 - Foreign Dramas based on real life
- 9979 - Wrestling Non-fiction
- 9980 - Movies starring Isabelle Huppert
- 9981 - Critically-acclaimed Suspenseful Political Movies
- 9982 - Dramas starring Ving Rhames
- 9986 - Bollywood Thrillers
- 9988 - Movies starring Joe Mantegna
- 9989 - African-American Action & Adventure
- 9993 - Suspenseful Spy Movies
- 9994 - Mysteries
- 9995 - Gritty Foreign Horror Movies
- 9997 - Movies starring John Goodman
- 9998 - Gory Biographical Movies
- 9999 - Violent Movies starring Robert De Niro
- 10001 - Goofy Crime Movies
- 10005 - Religious Documentaries
- 10009 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Dramas based on Books
- 10010 - Jewish Historical Documentaries
- 10011 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Biographical Movies
- 10013 - Indian Crime Thrillers
- 10014 - Sentimental Independent Dramas
- 10018 - Feel-good Movies for ages 0 to 2
- 10021 - Visually-striking Gory Dramas
- 10023 - Scary Cult Movies
- 10024 - Dramas starring Ed Harris
- 10026 - Movies starring Brad Dourif
- 10027 - Movies directed by Tony Bill
- 10030 - Understated Crime Movies
- 10032 - Classical Music
- 10038 - Feel-good Education for Kids
- 10046 - Dramas starring Forest Whitaker
- 10048 - British Crime Movies from the 1980s
- 10049 - Romantic Coming-of-age Comedies
- 10052 - Violent Foreign Political Movies
- 10056 - Movies based on children's books
- 10058 - Argentinian Comedies
- 10060 - Dark Foreign Thrillers
- 10062 - Witty Teen Movies
- 10064 - Dark Dramas based on Books
- 10066 - Action & Adventure directed by Cheh Chang
- 10067 - Scary Psychological Dramas
- 10069 - Comedies starring Bruce Willis
- 10071 - Gory Movies based on Books
- 10073 - Movies starring Peter Coyote
- 10082 - Action & Adventure starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- 10085 - Movies starring Kiefer Sutherland
- 10086 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Movies
- 10088 - Movies starring Christian Bale
- 10089 - Exciting Movies starring Sylvester Stallone
- 10090 - Movies directed by Wayne Wang
- 10091 - Chinese Political Movies
- 10094 - Inspiring Biographical Dramas
- 10097 - Critically-acclaimed Visually-striking Exciting Movies
- 10099 - Gay & Lesbian Coming-of-age Dramas
- 10101 - Critically-acclaimed Quirky Crime Comedies
- 10103 - Italian Dramas from the 1980s
- 10104 - Dramas starring Danny Glover
- 10105 - Docuseries
- 10105 - TV Documentaries
- 10107 - Movies starring Corey Feldman
- 10108 - Movies directed by Orson Welles
- 10109 - Emotional Foreign Dramas from the 1950s
- 10110 - Gritty Sci-Fi Thrillers
- 10112 - Movies starring Vanessa Redgrave
- 10116 - Mind-bending Experimental Dramas
- 10117 - Movies directed by Richard A. Colla
- 10118 - Comic Book and Superhero Movies
- 10119 - Movies starring Milla Jovovich
- 10120 - Sci-Fi Adventure for ages 11 to 12
- 10121 - Cult Monster Movies
- 10123 - Australian Independent Dramas
- 10124 - Critically-acclaimed Italian Movies
- 10125 - Understated Scandinavian Dramas
- 10126 - Westerns starring Gary Cooper
- 10127 - Animal Tales from the 1940s
- 10128 - Foreign Crime Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 10129 - Exciting Documentaries
- 10130 - Inspiring Dramas
- 10131 - Japanese Sci-Fi & Fantasy from the 1960s
- 10132 - Inspiring War Movies
- 10134 - Movies starring Kate Winslet
- 10135 - Sentimental Dramas from the 1930s
- 10137 - Movies directed by Frank Lloyd
- 10139 - Movies starring Burt Reynolds
- 10140 - Movies starring Michael Paré
- 10141 - Steamy Gay & Lesbian Comedies
- 10144 - Emotional Movies on Blu-ray
- 10145 - Movies starring Kurt Russell
- 10146 - Movies on Blu-ray from the 1980s
- 10147 - Dramas directed by Ken Loach
- 10150 - Steamy Movies from the 1960s
- 10151 - Movies starring Michael Moriarty
- 10153 - Goofy Cult Movies from the 1970s
- 10154 - Feel-good Teen Coming-of-age Movies
- 10155 - Raunchy Cult Late Night Comedies
- 10156 - Quirky Crime Action & Adventure
- 10157 - Campy Creature Features
- 10158 - Movies starring Vivica A. Fox
- 10159 - Emotional French-Language Movies
- 10160 - Foreign Military Movies
- 10162 - Suspenseful Movies starring Nicolas Cage
- 10163 - Dramas starring Anthony Quinn
- 10164 - Movies directed by Prakash Mehra
- 10165 - Sentimental Dramas from the 1940s
- 10168 - Latin American Crime Thrillers
- 10170 - Scary Dramas based on Books
- 10171 - Action & Adventure directed by Takashi Miike
- 10172 - Movies starring Lindsay Lohan
- 10173 - Movies starring Betty Grable
- 10174 - Scary Psychological Movies from the 1970s
- 10175 - Movies directed by Robert Tai
- 10177 - Critically-acclaimed Suspenseful Military Movies
- 10178 - Brazilian Crime Dramas
- 10180 - Steamy Movies from the 1970s
- 10181 - Violent Movies from the 1960s
- 10182 - Goofy Cult Movies from the 1980s
- 10183 - Critically-acclaimed Suspenseful British Movies
- 10184 - Sci-Fi & Fantasy directed by Fred Olen Ray
- 10185 - Crime Movies based on real life
- 10186 - Suspenseful Psychological Movies based on Books
- 10189 - Animal Tales from the 1960s
- 10190 - Critically-acclaimed Quirky Foreign Movies
- 10191 - Dramas starring Katharine Hepburn
- 10192 - Critically-acclaimed Alien Sci-Fi
- 10194 - Movies starring Jerry O'Connell
- 10195 - Australian Independent Comedies
- 10196 - Independent Political Satires
- 10197 - Filipino Comedies
- 10198 - Sentimental Dramas from the 1950s
- 10199 - Italian Crime Action & Adventure
- 10200 - Critically-acclaimed Thrillers from the 1940s
- 10208 - Independent Coming-of-age Comedies
- 10210 - Visually-striking Gory War Movies
- 10212 - Steamy Movies from the 1980s
- 10213 - Quirky Teen Comedies
- 10214 - Violent Movies from the 1970s
- 10218 - German-Language Biographical Movies
- 10219 - Dramas starring Bette Davis
- 10223 - Inspiring Dramas for ages 8 to 10
- 10225 - Spy Mysteries
- 10228 - Movies starring Barbra Streisand
- 10229 - Exciting Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 10231 - Sentimental Dramas from the 1960s
- 10233 - Goofy Movies starring Steve Martin
- 10234 - Critically-acclaimed Independent Thrillers
- 10236 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Thrillers
- 10237 - Scary Korean Movies
- 10238 - Feel-good Action & Adventure
- 10239 - Violent Movies from the 1980s
- 10242 - Suspenseful Military Movies
- 10244 - Political Satires
- 10245 - Movies starring Jason Robards
- 10248 - Violent Japanese Crime Action & Adventure
- 10249 - Animal Tales from the 1980s
- 10253 - Dramas starring Harvey Keitel
- 10256 - Slapstick Comedies
- 10257 - Visually-striking Violent Crime Movies
- 10260 - Quirky Biographical Movies
- 10261 - Gory Comic Book and Superhero Movies
- 10262 - Quirky Animation
- 10263 - Dramas starring Juhi Chawla
- 10264 - Movies directed by Peter Jackson
- 10265 - Dark Foreign Documentaries
- 10269 - Critically-acclaimed Quirky Independent Comedies
- 10271 - Jazz & Easy Listening
- 10273 - Movies directed by Lasse Hallström
- 10277 - Gory Action & Adventure
- 10286 - Critically-acclaimed Thrillers from the 1970s
- 10289 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral British Movies
- 10293 - Scary Political Movies
- 10296 - Romantic Foreign Gay & Lesbian Movies
- 10299 - Gritty Foreign War Movies
- 10303 - Violent Adventures
- 10306 - Foreign Thrillers
- 10312 - Critically-acclaimed Thrillers from the 1980s
- 10315 - Critically-acclaimed Experimental Dramas
- 10317 - Filipino Crime Movies
- 10320 - Comedies starring Robin Williams
- 10322 - Critically-acclaimed Exciting Movies based on Books
- 10325 - Emotional Crime Dramas
- 10332 - Suspenseful Sports Action & Adventure
- 10340 - Critically-acclaimed Dark German-Language Dramas
- 10348 - Mind-bending British Movies
- 10351 - Visually-striking Exciting Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 10355 - Movies starring Armand Assante
- 10356 - Critically-acclaimed Scary Dramas
- 10357 - Suspenseful Independent Movies
- 10358 - Cerebral Documentaries
- 10360 - Gory Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 10365 - New Country
- 10366 - Movies starring Ekin Cheng
- 10367 - Movies directed by Hal Hartley
- 10368 - Goofy Slapstick Comedies from the 1980s
- 10375 - TV Comedies