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!
- 10377 - Mexican Action & Adventure
- 10380 - Movies starring Rod Steiger
- 10383 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Documentaries
- 10384 - Russian Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 10385 - Understated Dramas based on real life
- 10389 - Dramas starring Kiefer Sutherland
- 10390 - Gory Foreign Movies
- 10392 - Understated Psychological Dramas
- 10393 - Cerebral Foreign Political Movies
- 10394 - Critically-acclaimed Movies from the 1940s
- 10398 - Japanese Movies
- 10399 - Gory Independent Crime Movies
- 10402 - Visually-striking Psychological Movies
- 10404 - Pets
- 10412 - Steamy Dramas from the 1980s
- 10413 - Gritty Independent Social Issue Dramas
- 10414 - Gritty Psychological Mysteries
- 10415 - Irreverent Mockumentaries
- 10417 - Gory War Movies
- 10418 - Mind-bending Independent Dramas
- 10420 - Critically-acclaimed Understated Dramas from the 1980s
- 10421 - Critically-acclaimed Movies from the 1950s
- 10424 - Scary Independent Crime Thrillers
- 10429 - Spanish-Language Dramas
- 10430 - Emotional Political Movies
- 10431 - Independent Crime Comedies
- 10435 - Critically-acclaimed Understated Foreign Movies
- 10436 - Steamy Japanese Movies
- 10438 - Movies starring Michel Piccoli
- 10443 - Movies starring Keanu Reeves
- 10445 - Crime Adventures
- 10447 - Movies starring Sam Shepard
- 10448 - Crime Westerns from the 1970s
- 10450 - Critically-acclaimed Movies from the 1960s
- 10451 - Cerebral Foreign Comedies
- 10453 - Movies starring Cuba Gooding Jr.
- 10454 - Movies starring Rupert Everett
- 10455 - Romantic British Movies
- 10457 - Imaginative Action & Adventure
- 10459 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Biographical Movies
- 10460 - Critically-acclaimed Satires from the 1970s
- 10461 - Australian Children & Family Movies
- 10462 - Military Thrillers
- 10463 - Indian Movies
- 10466 - Critically-acclaimed Historical Documentaries
- 10467 - Steamy Spanish-Language Dramas
- 10471 - Critically-acclaimed Movies from the 1970s
- 10473 - Controversial Crime Movies
- 10476 - Movies starring Dabney Coleman
- 10478 - Suspenseful Movies starring Rutger Hauer
- 10479 - German-Language Action & Adventure
- 10480 - Scary Thrillers
- 10481 - Movies starring Rachael Leigh Cook
- 10487 - Violent Cult Movies
- 10488 - Critically-acclaimed Satires from the 1980s
- 10490 - Experimental Animation
- 10492 - Gritty Independent Dramas from the 1980s
- 10493 - Critically-acclaimed Movies from the 1980s
- 10496 - Violent Psychological Thrillers from the 1980s
- 10499 - Crime Thrillers
- 10500 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Foreign Crime Movies
- 10501 - Controversial Political Dramas
- 10503 - Movies starring Ingrid Bergman
- 10504 - Political Thrillers
- 10510 - Goofy Alien Sci-Fi
- 10513 - Comedies starring Dan Aykroyd
- 10514 - Quirky Action & Adventure
- 10519 - Critically-acclaimed Showbiz Movies
- 10520 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Political Movies
- 10521 - Movies starring Hugh Grant
- 10523 - Romantic Psychological Movies
- 10525 - Movies starring Gabriel Byrne
- 10526 - Cult Creature Features
- 10527 - Critically-acclaimed Exciting Foreign Crime Movies
- 10529 - Foreign Crime Action & Adventure
- 10531 - Quirky Independent Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 10533 - Quirky Dramas based on Books
- 10534 - Suspenseful Gay & Lesbian Movies
- 10536 - Movies directed by James Foley
- 10537 - Steamy Psychological Thrillers
- 10540 - Visually-striking Violent Thrillers
- 10541 - Movies directed by Paul Verhoeven
- 10542 - Quirky French-Language Movies
- 10551 - Exciting Sports Dramas
- 10554 - Comedies starring Chris Rock
- 10555 - Gritty Foreign Crime Movies
- 10556 - Emotional Military Movies
- 10559 - Movies starring Dale Midkiff
- 10565 - Critically-acclaimed Witty Independent Dramas
- 10568 - Goofy British Comedies
- 10571 - Movies starring David Carradine
- 10573 - Emotional Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 10575 - Dark Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 10579 - Feel-good Movies
- 10585 - Movies directed by Claude Chabrol
- 10587 - Controversial Social Issue Dramas
- 10588 - Movies starring Willem Dafoe
- 10589 - Violent Japanese Movies
- 10595 - Foreign Crime Dramas from the 1980s
- 10596 - Foreign Military Documentaries
- 10599 - Scandinavian Documentaries
- 10602 - Movies starring Isabella Rossellini
- 10603 - Romantic Gay & Lesbian Comedies
- 10604 - Mind-bending Psychological Thrillers
- 10606 - Dutch Movies
- 10607 - Movies starring Gary Oldman
- 10608 - Dark Psychological Dramas based on Books
- 10611 - Movies starring Robert Downey Jr.
- 10612 - Sentimental Independent Movies
- 10613 - Goofy Movies starring Chevy Chase
- 10615 - Movies directed by Vikram Bhatt
- 10616 - Fantasy Movies for ages 11 to 12
- 10618 - Movies starring Akshay Kumar
- 10619 - Inspiring Movies
- 10620 - Witty Foreign Comedies
- 10622 - Critically-acclaimed Experimental Movies
- 10623 - Understated Tearjerkers
- 10625 - Controversial Independent Dramas
- 10628 - Understated Biographical Dramas
- 10629 - Critically-acclaimed Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 10634 - TV Soaps
- 10636 - Witty Thrillers
- 10639 - African-American Historical Documentaries
- 10642 - Movies starring Derek Jacobi
- 10643 - Gritty Crime Movies from the 1970s
- 10645 - Feel-good Sports Movies
- 10648 - Critically-acclaimed Visually-striking Crime Movies
- 10649 - Movies starring Henry Czerny
- 10651 - Witty Dramas based on Books
- 10653 - Dramas starring Tom Cruise
- 10654 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Crime Movies
- 10655 - Movies starring Jane Fonda
- 10659 - Education for Kids
- 10661 - Dramas starring Antonio Banderas
- 10663 - Gritty Crime Movies from the 1980s
- 10665 - Critically-acclaimed Quirky Independent Movies
- 10668 - Social & Cultural Documentaries from the 1960s
- 10672 - Quirky Crime Dramas
- 10673 - TV Action & Adventure
- 10675 - Dark Sci-Fi Dramas
- 10680 - Campy Independent Comedies
- 10684 - Quirky Chinese Movies
- 10686 - Social & Cultural Documentaries from the 1970s
- 10687 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Action & Adventure
- 10695 - Anime Horror
- 10695 - Horror Anime
- 10698 - Film Noir from the 1940s
- 10702 - Spy Action & Adventure
- 10705 - Social & Cultural Documentaries from the 1980s
- 10706 - Dramas starring Aamir Khan
- 10707 - Dark Foreign Dramas
- 10708 - Critically-acclaimed Feel-good Dramas
- 10714 - Courtroom Movies
- 10717 - British Crime Thrillers
- 10718 - African Dramas
- 10719 - Australian Thrillers
- 10724 - Sports Action & Adventure
- 10726 - Film Noir from the 1950s
- 10727 - Romantic Showbiz Comedies
- 10739 - Movies starring Roy Scheider
- 10741 - Latin Music
- 10744 - Quirky Sports Comedies
- 10745 - Detective Movies
- 10746 - Quirky Independent Crime Thrillers
- 10748 - Exciting Foreign Movies from the 1970s
- 10750 - Japanese Horror Movies
- 10752 - Martial Arts Movies directed by Cheh Chang
- 10753 - Martial Arts Movies starring Andy Lau
- 10754 - Movies starring Debra Winger
- 10757 - British Movies
- 10758 - British Thrillers based on Books
- 10762 - Movies starring Walter Matthau
- 10763 - Detective Thrillers based on Books
- 10766 - Mind-bending Foreign Horror Movies
- 10773 - Feel-good Movies for ages 11 to 12
- 10774 - Exciting Foreign Movies
- 10775 - Foreign Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 10777 - Witty Independent Crime Dramas
- 10778 - African-American Stand-up Comedy
- 10781 - Witty Movies based on Books
- 10782 - Exciting Foreign Movies from the 1980s
- 10783 - German-Language Comedies
- 10790 - Steamy Documentaries
- 10798 - Critically-acclaimed Gory Movies
- 10800 - Dark German-Language Dramas
- 10802 - Dramas directed by Martin Ritt
- 10804 - Horror Movies directed by George A. Romero
- 10805 - Visually-striking Suspenseful Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 10806 - Sci-Fi & Fantasy starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- 10809 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic Dramas based on Books
- 10810 - French-Language Crime Thrillers
- 10811 - Critically-acclaimed Scandinavian Dramas
- 10812 - Movies directed by Fritz Lang
- 10814 - Foreign Biographical Documentaries
- 10816 - Dramas starring Sean Connery
- 10817 - Movies starring Andie MacDowell
- 10820 - Movies directed by Walter Lang
- 10821 - Gay & Lesbian Dramas from the 1980s
- 10824 - Campy B-Horror Movies
- 10825 - TV Comedies from the 1960s
- 10827 - Movies starring John Malkovich
- 10832 - Theater Arts
- 10833 - Sentimental Military Movies
- 10835 - Witty Movies starring Cary Grant
- 10839 - Movies starring Natasha Henstridge
- 10842 - Martial Arts Movies starring Yu Wang
- 10843 - Movies starring Brendan Fraser
- 10844 - Understated Independent Movies based on Books
- 10845 - Action & Adventure starring Charlton Heston
- 10846 - British Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 10847 - Showbiz Mysteries
- 10848 - TV Comedies from the 1970s
- 10853 - Dramas directed by Claude Chabrol
- 10856 - Exciting Chinese Crime Movies
- 10857 - Dramas starring Kevin Costner
- 10859 - Suspenseful War Movies
- 10860 - Comedies starring Gérard Depardieu
- 10861 - Critically-acclaimed Westerns
- 10863 - Gritty Foreign Gay & Lesbian Movies
- 10864 - Irreverent Independent Movies
- 10865 - Gritty Political Documentaries
- 10866 - Visually-striking Thrillers
- 10868 - Independent Animation
- 10869 - Filipino Movies
- 10870 - TV Comedies from the 1980s
- 10876 - Courtroom Movies from the 1980s
- 10880 - Movies starring Mickey Rooney
- 10881 - Political Thrillers from the 1970s
- 10888 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic Movies
- 10890 - Dramas starring Andie MacDowell
- 10892 - TV Dramas from the 1970s
- 10893 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Military Movies
- 10895 - Movies starring Vince Vaughn
- 10898 - Suspenseful Movies based on real life
- 10900 - Mind-bending Independent Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 10903 - Movies directed by Neil Jordan
- 10906 - Movies starring Jeff Bridges
- 10909 - Sentimental Movies based on real life
- 10911 - Japanese Crime Movies
- 10915 - Movies directed by Roland Emmerich
- 10918 - Suspenseful Movies starring Al Pacino
- 10919 - Inspiring Social Issue Dramas
- 10920 - TV Dramas from the 1980s
- 10921 - Cult Crime Movies
- 10922 - Movies starring Mario Van Peebles
- 10923 - Adventures from the 1950s
- 10924 - Quirky Movies for ages 11 to 12
- 10925 - Military Comedies
- 10926 - Movies starring Jason London
- 10927 - Gory Japanese Movies