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!
- 17839 - Romantic Foreign Ghost-story Dramas
- 17843 - Action & Adventure directed by Benny Chan
- 17844 - Martial Arts Movies starring Simon Yam
- 17854 - Movies starring Ariadna Gil
- 17856 - Biographical Military 20th Century Period Pieces
- 17866 - Movies starring Stanley Tucci
- 17868 - Movies starring Daphne Zuniga
- 17872 - Golf Comedies
- 17873 - Chinese Documentaries
- 17875 - Suspenseful Cult Psychological Movies
- 17876 - Movies directed by Oxide Pang Chun
- 17882 - Movies starring Julia Stiles
- 17886 - Romantic Dramas starring Kareena Kapoor
- 17887 - Romantic Movies starring Kajol
- 17890 - Feel-good Coming-of-age Movies for ages 8 to 10
- 17899 - Summer-Camp Comedies
- 17900 - Father-Son Movies for ages 5 to 7
- 17906 - Gay & Lesbian Forbidden-Love Movies
- 17914 - Serial-Killer Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 17915 - Witty High School Comedies
- 17916 - Father-Daughter Mysteries
- 17917 - Sentimental First-Love Dramas
- 17921 - Dark Independent Father-Son Dramas
- 17924 - Revenge Adventures
- 17926 - Monkey Animal Tales
- 17935 - Father-Son Dramas based on real life
- 17938 - Visually-striking Dark Revenge Movies
- 17944 - Critically-acclaimed Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 17946 - Serial-Killer Mysteries from the 1980s
- 17956 - Immigrant-Life Documentaries
- 17958 - Goofy High School Comedies from the 1980s
- 17959 - Foreign Comedies about Marriage
- 17964 - Foreign Immigrant-Life Dramas
- 17965 - College Dramas
- 17969 - Dark Independent Dramas about Marriage
- 17971 - French-Language Mother-Son Dramas
- 17974 - Sentimental Father-Daughter Comedies
- 17975 - High School Comedies from the 1980s
- 17977 - Exciting Space-Travel Movies
- 17982 - Understated Independent Movies about Marriage
- 17983 - Dark Mad-Scientist Movies
- 17985 - British Independent Father-Son Movies
- 17987 - End-of-the-World Movies from the 1970s
- 17989 - Independent Con-Game Movies
- 17992 - Romantic High School Dramas
- 17994 - Dark Post-Apocalypse Sci-Fi Thrillers
- 17998 - Understated Immigrant-Life Movies
- 17999 - Raunchy High School Movies
- 18000 - Hijacking Action & Adventure
- 18001 - Understated Father-Daughter Dramas
- 18004 - High School Satires
- 18009 - Suspenseful British Revenge Movies
- 18011 - Gritty Mother-Son Dramas
- 18014 - Suspenseful End-of-the-World Action & Adventure
- 18017 - French-Language Father-Son Movies
- 18020 - Foreign Father-Daughter Movies
- 18022 - Drug Social Issue Dramas
- 18026 - Sentimental Independent Father-Son Movies
- 18030 - Con-Game Comedies
- 18034 - Feel-good Talking-Animal Movies for ages 5 to 7
- 18036 - Romantic Independent Comedies about Marriage
- 18045 - Critically-acclaimed Mid-Life-Crisis Comedies
- 18048 - Movies about Marriage based on classic literature
- 18055 - Sentimental Father-Son Dramas
- 18060 - Dark Immigrant-Life Dramas
- 18061 - Space-Travel Movies for ages 8 to 10
- 18062 - Feel-good Talking-Animal Movies for ages 2 to 4
- 18063 - Sentimental Mid-Life-Crisis Movies
- 18064 - Exciting Post-Apocalypse Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 18065 - Romantic Foreign First-Love Dramas
- 18068 - Understated Mid-Life-Crisis Dramas
- 18073 - Suspenseful Foreign Rogue-Cop Movies
- 18076 - French-Language Father-Son Dramas
- 18079 - Independent Con-Game Dramas
- 18083 - Critically-acclaimed Understated Father-Son Dramas
- 18085 - Japanese Revenge Thrillers
- 18086 - Monkey Movies
- 18093 - Steamy First-Love Dramas
- 18095 - Foreign Con-Game Movies
- 18099 - Foreign Immigrant-Life Comedies
- 18102 - Dark Thrillers about Marriage
- 18108 - Serial-Killer Movies from the 1980s
- 18111 - Suspenseful Mad-Scientist Movies
- 18115 - Scary Mad-Scientist Sci-Fi Horror Movies
- 18123 - Father-Daughter Animal Tales
- 18129 - Foreign Father-Son Movies
- 18132 - Goofy Mid-Life-Crisis Movies
- 18138 - Foreign Mid-Life-Crisis Comedies
- 18142 - Forbidden-Love Movies
- 18143 - Serial-Killer Horror Movies
- 18144 - Mother-Daughter Dramas based on real life
- 18150 - Independent Mid-Life-Crisis Movies
- 18154 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Father-Son Movies
- 18157 - Foreign Mid-Life-Crisis Dramas
- 18158 - Quirky Mother-Daughter Comedies
- 18164 - Scary College Movies
- 18167 - Spanish-Language Serial-Killer Movies
- 18175 - Witty Mistaken-Identity Comedies
- 18176 - Mother-Son Comedies
- 18178 - Witty Father-Daughter Movies
- 18181 - Foreign Post-Apocalypse Movies
- 18184 - Rogue-Cop Dramas
- 18185 - Reincarnation Movies
- 18192 - Scary Mad-Scientist Movies
- 18194 - Foreign Con-Game Dramas
- 18210 - End-of-the-World Horror Movies
- 18211 - Quirky Mother-Daughter Movies
- 18223 - Imaginative Talking-Animal Movies
- 18228 - Feel-good Talking-Animal Movies for ages 8 to 10
- 18229 - Understated First-Love Movies
- 18230 - Violent Serial-Killer Mysteries
- 18233 - Goofy College Comedies
- 18238 - Exciting End-of-the-World Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 18240 - Witty First-Love Movies
- 18242 - Scary Serial-Killer Thrillers
- 18243 - Mad-Scientist Thrillers
- 18248 - Critically-acclaimed High School Movies
- 18250 - Visually-striking Gritty Revenge Movies
- 18255 - Foreign Father-Son Dramas
- 18257 - Father-Son Children & Family Movies
- 18261 - Cerebral Serial-Killer Movies
- 18264 - Sentimental Mid-Life-Crisis Comedies
- 18265 - Understated Drug Dramas
- 18267 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Revenge Dramas
- 18273 - Goofy Talking-Animal Children & Family Movies
- 18275 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic First-Love Dramas
- 18281 - Gritty Bounty-Hunter Movies
- 18284 - Mother-Daughter Musicals
- 18286 - Steamy Drug Dramas
- 18289 - Goofy Father-Son Movies
- 18292 - Heartfelt Father-Daughter Movies
- 18306 - Quirky Father-Son Comedies
- 18307 - Dark Independent Father-Son Movies
- 18310 - Mother-Daughter Horror Movies
- 18313 - Romantic Independent Mid-Life-Crisis Comedies
- 18315 - Serial-Killer 20th Century Period Pieces
- 18317 - Mind-bending Serial-Killer Movies
- 18319 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Immigrant-Life Movies
- 18324 - Understated Independent Mother-Daughter Movies
- 18330 - Cult Revenge Movies
- 18333 - Suspenseful Drug Movies
- 18334 - Talking-Animal Movies for ages 11 to 12
- 18340 - Gory Serial-Killer Horror Movies
- 18343 - End-of-the-World Comedies
- 18346 - Exciting Serial-Killer Movies
- 18351 - Gory Foreign Serial-Killer Horror Movies
- 18352 - Goofy Mid-Life-Crisis Comedies
- 18357 - Serial-Killer Mysteries
- 18359 - Quirky Father-Son Movies
- 18360 - Scary Mad-Scientist Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 18363 - Movies about Marriage from the 1980s
- 18367 - Cerebral Mother-Son Dramas
- 18370 - Mother-Son Movies based on real life
- 18371 - Father-Daughter Children & Family Movies
- 18372 - Father-Son Musicals
- 18376 - Tortured-Genius Movies based on real life
- 18377 - Serial-Killer Action & Adventure
- 18383 - Understated Dramas about Marriage
- 18385 - Inspiring Immigrant-Life Movies
- 18389 - Foreign Mid-Life-Crisis Movies
- 18394 - Biographical Tortured-Genius Movies
- 18398 - Foreign Serial-Killer Movies
- 18399 - Violent Father-Son Movies
- 18404 - Independent Forbidden-Love Movies
- 18412 - Emotional Dramas about Marriage
- 18414 - Exciting Hijacking Movies
- 18415 - French-Language Father-Daughter Dramas
- 18418 - Suspenseful Con-Game Movies
- 18424 - Independent Immigrant-Life Comedies
- 18426 - Space-Travel Satires
- 18427 - Visually-striking Forbidden-Love Movies
- 18429 - Biographical Father-Son Dramas
- 18430 - Romantic Revenge Comedies
- 18431 - Suspenseful High School Movies
- 18432 - Violent Foreign Revenge Action & Adventure
- 18433 - Violent Post-Apocalypse Movies
- 18437 - Independent First-Love Dramas
- 18448 - Visually-striking Violent Serial-Killer Movies
- 18455 - Biographical Mother-Daughter Movies
- 18457 - Exciting Father-Daughter Movies
- 18463 - Gritty Drug Documentaries
- 18468 - Violent Cult Serial-Killer Movies
- 18474 - Tortured-Genius Dramas
- 18482 - Foreign Mad-Scientist Movies
- 18485 - Dark Revenge Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 18486 - Mother-Daughter 20th Century Period Pieces
- 18488 - Suspenseful End-of-the-World Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 18492 - Sentimental Father-Daughter Dramas
- 18494 - Dark Independent Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 18496 - Romantic Foreign Mid-Life-Crisis Movies
- 18497 - Feel-good Mid-Life-Crisis Comedies
- 18499 - Father-Son Dramas
- 18503 - Witty Movies about Marriage
- 18509 - Romantic Independent First-Love Dramas
- 18515 - Violent Revenge Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 18518 - Serial-Killer Documentaries
- 18521 - Scary Serial-Killer Movies
- 18523 - Quirky Mother-Son Comedies
- 18525 - Romantic Foreign First-Love Comedies
- 18535 - Independent First-Love Comedies
- 18537 - Suspenseful Post-Apocalypse Movies
- 18541 - Father-Daughter Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 18542 - Suspenseful College Movies
- 18544 - Con-Game Movies from the 1980s
- 18545 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic First-Love Movies
- 18547 - Family-friendly Father-Daughter Movies
- 18548 - Foreign Rogue-Cop Action & Adventure
- 18552 - Visually-striking Serial-Killer Movies
- 18554 - First-Love 20th Century Period Pieces
- 18560 - Gritty Drug Movies
- 18561 - Father-Daughter Action & Adventure
- 18576 - Independent Mother-Son Movies
- 18577 - College Comedies
- 18584 - Gritty Immigrant-Life Dramas
- 18587 - Mother-Daughter Thrillers
- 18590 - Father-Daughter Tearjerkers
- 18594 - Understated Father-Son Dramas
- 18597 - Suspenseful End-of-the-World Movies
- 18600 - Gory Foreign Serial-Killer Movies
- 18602 - First-Love Movies
- 18607 - Family-friendly First-Love Movies
- 18610 - Romantic Independent Mid-Life-Crisis Movies
- 18615 - Feel-good Mother-Daughter Movies
- 18616 - Scary Post-Apocalypse Movies
- 18617 - Critically-acclaimed Mother-Daughter Movies
- 18622 - Suspenseful Rogue-Cop Movies
- 18623 - Gory Mad-Scientist Movies
- 18629 - Gritty Rogue-Cop Action & Adventure
- 18630 - Quirky Independent Father-Son Movies
- 18634 - Romantic Mid-Life-Crisis Comedies
- 18635 - Goofy First-Love Movies
- 18647 - Space-Travel Comedies
- 18648 - Irreverent High School Comedies
- 18652 - Understated Father-Son Movies
- 18657 - Understated Independent Father-Daughter Dramas
- 18658 - Gay & Lesbian Drug Movies
- 18661 - High School Movies from the 1970s
- 18666 - Talking-Animal Movies for ages 8 to 10
- 18667 - Mad-Scientist Creature Features
- 18669 - Irreverent High School Movies
- 18671 - Independent Father-Son Comedies
- 18676 - Sentimental Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 18683 - Fashion Comedies
- 18686 - Witty Father-Son Comedies
- 18687 - 20th Century Period Pieces about Marriage
- 18690 - Witty Mistaken-Identity Movies
- 18691 - Feel-good High School Comedies
- 18696 - Campy Revenge Comedies
- 18698 - Father-Son Movies from the 1980s
- 18703 - Suspenseful Space-Travel Movies