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!
- 15279 - Goofy Sports Movies from the 1980s
- 15282 - Dark Military Movies based on real life
- 15283 - Witty Military Movies
- 15286 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Military Movies
- 15288 - Dark Military Dramas based on real life
- 15298 - Gory Military Movies from the 1980s
- 15302 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Military Movies
- 15308 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Military Dramas
- 15325 - Goofy Sports Comedies from the 1980s
- 15330 - German-Language Military Dramas
- 15336 - Military Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 15340 - Gay & Lesbian Military Movies
- 15349 - Critically-acclaimed Military Movies from the 1960s
- 15351 - Critically-acclaimed Military Movies from the 1970s
- 15356 - Romantic Political Comedies
- 15359 - Military Movies based on real life from the 1980s
- 15361 - Foreign Military Movies from the 1980s
- 15368 - Chinese Military Movies
- 15374 - Military Mysteries
- 15378 - Dark Independent Military Dramas
- 15386 - Inspiring Movies based on bestsellers
- 15387 - Tearjerkers based on bestsellers
- 15390 - Witty Tearjerkers
- 15396 - Visually-striking Imaginative Movies for ages 5 to 7
- 15397 - Heartfelt Movies for ages 11 to 12
- 15402 - Exciting Movies starring Jet Li
- 15403 - Heartfelt Movies for ages 8 to 10
- 15407 - Gory Monster Movies from the 1980s
- 15408 - Visually-striking Movies about Royalty
- 15417 - Critically-acclaimed Understated Tearjerkers
- 15420 - Goofy Comedies starring Eddie Murphy
- 15424 - Comedies directed by Walter Lang
- 15425 - Gory Action & Adventure based on Real Life
- 15427 - Gory Crime Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 15435 - Witty British Movies based on classic literature
- 15437 - Israeli Documentaries
- 15446 - Quirky Showbiz 20th Century Period Pieces
- 15447 - Dark Movies based on classic literature from the 1940s
- 15448 - Dark Movies based on classic literature from the 1960s
- 15450 - Dramas starring Barbara Hershey
- 15456 - Latin American Documentaries
- 15457 - Emotional Independent Comedies
- 15461 - Romantic Coming-of-age Dramas from the 1980s
- 15464 - Independent Sports Comedies
- 15479 - Heartfelt Independent Movies based on real life
- 15485 - Sports Documentaries from the 1970s
- 15486 - Romantic Comedies based on classic literature
- 15487 - Romantic Independent Showbiz Movies
- 15491 - Gritty Independent Sports Movies
- 15492 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Comedies
- 15495 - Prison Thrillers
- 15496 - Heartfelt Dramas from the 1980s
- 15498 - Gritty Prison Dramas
- 15499 - Critically-acclaimed Prison Movies
- 15501 - Gritty Prison Movies from the 1980s
- 15508 - Exciting Movies starring Sean Connery
- 15512 - Exciting Prison Movies
- 15514 - Dark Prison Dramas
- 15516 - Family-friendly Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 15521 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Courtroom Dramas
- 15524 - Inspiring Showbiz Dramas
- 15525 - Suspenseful Prison Movies based on real life
- 15526 - Gritty Prison Movies
- 15534 - Family-friendly Comedies
- 15535 - Emotional Prison Movies
- 15537 - Violent Prison Movies
- 15538 - Family-friendly Movies from the 1980s
- 15540 - Dark Prison Movies
- 15541 - Foreign Prison Dramas
- 15543 - Family-friendly Movies based on children's books
- 15544 - Heartfelt Coming-of-age Movies
- 15548 - Independent Prison Dramas
- 15550 - Shakespeare
- 15554 - Visually-striking Family-friendly Movies
- 15559 - Prison Dramas
- 15560 - Biographical Prison Movies
- 15561 - Witty Movies directed by Howard Hawks
- 15564 - Suspenseful Prison Movies
- 15568 - Prison Comedies
- 15569 - Critically-acclaimed Family-friendly Movies
- 15570 - Visually-striking Westerns
- 15574 - Gay & Lesbian Prison Movies
- 15576 - Inspiring Science & Nature Documentaries
- 15577 - Suspenseful Movies starring Tom Cruise
- 15578 - Foreign Prison Movies
- 15580 - Prison Movies based on real life
- 15581 - Critically-acclaimed Prison Dramas
- 15582 - Goofy Prison Comedies
- 15583 - Prison Dramas from the 1980s
- 15584 - Independent Prison Movies
- 15585 - Prison Dramas based on real life
- 15587 - Critically-acclaimed Suspenseful Prison Movies
- 15591 - Prison Movies from the 1950s
- 15592 - Prison Movies from the 1960s
- 15594 - Prison Movies from the 1980s
- 15595 - Raunchy Prison Movies
- 15596 - Prison Movies
- 15598 - Goofy Prison Movies
- 15605 - Gritty Independent Prison Movies
- 15606 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Prison Movies
- 15612 - Visually-striking Dark Movies from the 1970s
- 15613 - Visually-striking Exciting Children & Family Movies
- 15615 - Violent Movies based on classic literature
- 15616 - Dark Action & Adventure based on real life
- 15624 - Romantic Movies starring Julia Roberts
- 15626 - Violent Australian Movies
- 15627 - Visually-striking Scary Mysteries
- 15629 - Family-friendly Coming-of-age Movies
- 15636 - Critically-acclaimed Showbiz Dramas based on real life
- 15646 - Understated British Movies based on classic literature
- 15647 - Visually-striking Tearjerkers
- 15648 - Scary British Mysteries
- 15653 - Courtroom Movies based on bestsellers
- 15660 - Violent Movies starring Sylvester Stallone
- 15665 - Romantic Movies starring Hugh Grant
- 15672 - Visually-striking Mind-bending Mysteries
- 15680 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty British Dramas
- 15685 - Critically-acclaimed Witty 20th Century Period Pieces
- 15686 - Australian 20th Century Period Pieces
- 15687 - Inspiring Biographical Movies from the 1980s
- 15689 - Understated British Dramas based on classic literature
- 15692 - Visually-striking Animal Tales
- 15695 - Visually-striking Heartfelt Movies
- 15708 - Gritty Dramas based on real life from the 1980s
- 15709 - Dramas starring Adrien Brody
- 15717 - Critically-acclaimed British Biographical Movies
- 15731 - Exciting Movies about Royalty
- 15733 - Suspenseful Movies starring Alec Baldwin
- 15742 - Visually-striking Chinese Movies
- 15753 - Family-friendly Sports Movies
- 15758 - Family-friendly Biographical Movies
- 15764 - Suspenseful Movies starring Liam Neeson
- 15765 - Psychological Movies based on classic literature
- 15766 - Feel-good Comedies starring Steve Martin
- 15775 - Family-friendly Action & Adventure
- 15776 - Family-friendly Wilderness-survival Movies
- 15777 - Sentimental Military 20th Century Period Pieces
- 15800 - Visually-striking Dark 20th Century Period Pieces
- 15801 - Violent Cult Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 15807 - Visually-striking Witty Comedies
- 15810 - Heartfelt Animal Tales
- 15811 - Emotional Italian Movies
- 15814 - Visually-striking Violent Cult Movies
- 15819 - Emotional Italian Dramas
- 15823 - Football Dramas based on real life
- 15826 - Visually-striking Coming-of-age Movies
- 15829 - Inspiring Football Movies
- 15830 - Movies starring Jeremy Sisto
- 15832 - Football Movies based on real life
- 15835 - Movies starring Eric Idle
- 15840 - Gritty Movies starring Bruce Willis
- 15842 - Heartfelt Military Dramas
- 15854 - Inspiring Biographical Dramas from the 1980s
- 15858 - Romantic Period Pieces based on real life
- 15860 - Visually-striking Movies based on bestsellers
- 15864 - Raunchy Showbiz Movies
- 15873 - Cerebral Period Pieces
- 15877 - Critically-acclaimed Sentimental Coming-of-age Movies
- 15882 - Visually-striking Suspenseful Spy Movies
- 15883 - Romantic Cult Movies
- 15887 - Visually-striking Gay & Lesbian Movies
- 15889 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Historical Documentaries
- 15893 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic Dramas from the 1960s
- 15897 - Cerebral Dramas based on classic literature
- 15899 - Visually-striking Exciting Movies for ages 11 to 12
- 15903 - Visually-striking Dark Mysteries
- 15905 - Cerebral Tearjerkers
- 15910 - Suspenseful Animation
- 15913 - Dark Military Movies based on contemporary literature
- 15914 - Visually-striking Military Movies based on real life
- 15915 - Dark Tearjerkers based on real life
- 15921 - Violent Fantasy Movies
- 15926 - Cerebral Satires
- 15927 - Cerebral Gay & Lesbian Movies
- 15931 - Thrillers starring Ray Liotta
- 15933 - Visually-striking Exciting Foreign Movies
- 15934 - Mind-bending Sci-Fi Dramas
- 15939 - Cerebral Showbiz Movies
- 15940 - Dark Movies starring Al Pacino
- 15942 - Gritty Biographical Military Movies
- 15945 - Emotional Mysteries
- 15947 - Understated Spy Movies
- 15949 - Cerebral Social Issue Dramas
- 15950 - Visually-striking Suspenseful British Movies
- 15952 - Visually-striking Quirky Independent Comedies
- 15953 - Sentimental Medical Tearjerkers
- 15956 - Suspenseful Action & Adventure based on bestsellers
- 15959 - Gritty Military Dramas based on real life
- 15963 - Visually-striking Gritty Crime Action & Adventure
- 15964 - Cerebral Independent Dramas from the 1980s
- 15966 - Cerebral Political Historical Documentaries
- 15967 - Heartfelt Action & Adventure
- 15968 - Gritty Political Dramas based on real life
- 15969 - Cerebral French-Language Thrillers
- 15970 - French-Language Movies based on real life
- 15971 - Cerebral Courtroom Dramas
- 15975 - Cerebral German-Language Dramas
- 15984 - Visually-striking Romantic Period Pieces
- 15993 - Gritty Biographical 20th Century Period Pieces
- 16000 - Movies starring Kristin Scott Thomas
- 16002 - Cerebral Crime Movies based on real life
- 16005 - French-Language Dramas based on real life
- 16006 - Visually-striking Violent Foreign Movies
- 16012 - Dramas starring Om Puri
- 16013 - Cerebral French-Language Comedies
- 16015 - Visually-striking Romantic 20th Century Period Pieces
- 16020 - Cerebral Russian Movies
- 16022 - Critically-acclaimed Suspenseful Cult Movies
- 16025 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Political Documentaries
- 16028 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Military Dramas
- 16037 - Visually-striking Coming-of-age Dramas
- 16038 - Gory Crime Movies based on Contemporary Literature
- 16040 - Cerebral Eastern European Movies
- 16041 - Cerebral Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 16042 - Exciting Military Dramas based on real life
- 16043 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Biographical Dramas
- 16044 - Dark 20th Century Period Pieces from the 1980s
- 16048 - Critically-acclaimed Violent Movies from the 1960s
- 16051 - Cerebral Movies based on classic literature
- 16052 - Cerebral Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 16053 - Emotional Courtroom Dramas based on real life
- 16056 - Heartfelt Coming-of-age Dramas
- 16059 - Cerebral Independent 20th Century Period Pieces
- 16072 - Cerebral Crime Documentaries
- 16073 - Romantic Movies starring Meg Ryan
- 16077 - Cerebral Courtroom Movies
- 16080 - Feel-good Dramas based on classic literature
- 16082 - Cerebral Foreign Crime Thrillers
- 16084 - Cerebral Movies about Royalty
- 16089 - Critically-acclaimed Feel-good Foreign Movies
- 16090 - Biographical Prison Dramas
- 16091 - Feel-good Coming-of-age Children & Family Movies
- 16094 - Critically-acclaimed Violent British Movies
- 16103 - Romantic Satires
- 16104 - Gritty Comedies from the 1980s
- 16118 - Heartfelt African-American Movies
- 16120 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional British Movies
- 16122 - Heartfelt Documentaries
- 16124 - Visually-striking Violent Military Action & Adventure
- 16134 - Emotional Fantasy Movies
- 16146 - Visually-striking Violent Movies from the 1970s
- 16151 - Critically-acclaimed Understated Gay & Lesbian Movies
- 16152 - Dark Thrillers based on real life
- 16156 - Critically-acclaimed Inspiring Sports Movies
- 16158 - Romantic Courtroom Movies
- 16159 - Visually-striking Prison Movies
- 16167 - Critically-acclaimed Spy Action & Adventure
- 16169 - Movies starring Hector Elizondo
- 16173 - Visually-striking Violent Movies from the 1980s
- 16176 - Romantic Showbiz Movies from the 1980s