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!
- 19443 - Dark Serial-Killer Mysteries
- 19450 - British Movies about Marriage
- 19456 - Violent Mother-Son Movies
- 19457 - Feel-good Father-Son Movies
- 19459 - Feel-good High School Movies from the 1980s
- 19463 - Dark Foreign Father-Son Movies
- 19468 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Father-Daughter Dramas
- 19469 - Raunchy High School Late Night Comedies
- 19474 - Mid-Life-Crisis Dramas
- 19475 - Steamy Con-Game Movies
- 19477 - Quirky First-Love Movies
- 19481 - Dark Mother-Son Dramas
- 19482 - Emotional Father-Son Dramas
- 19489 - Summer-Camp Movies
- 19494 - Drug Movies from the 1970s
- 19495 - Biographical Mother-Son Movies
- 19500 - Independent First-Love Movies
- 19502 - Forbidden-Love Action & Adventure
- 19503 - Witty Mother-Daughter Movies
- 19505 - Understated Foreign Father-Son Dramas
- 19509 - Exciting Revenge Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 19510 - Romantic Reincarnation Movies
- 19515 - High School Movies for ages 11 to 12
- 19516 - Cult Revenge Horror Movies
- 19517 - Feel-good Father-Son Comedies
- 19521 - Foreign Movies about Marriage
- 19523 - Gritty Bounty-Hunter Action & Adventure
- 19524 - Quirky Mother-Son Dramas
- 19525 - Sentimental Father-Son Comedies
- 19537 - Understated Mother-Son Dramas
- 19539 - Biographical Drug Dramas
- 19543 - Understated Independent Father-Daughter Movies
- 19548 - Dark Father-Son Dramas
- 19549 - Foreign Father-Son Comedies
- 19552 - Gritty Serial-Killer Mysteries
- 19553 - Suspenseful Bounty-Hunter Action & Adventure
- 19561 - Dark Space-Travel Movies
- 19570 - Forbidden-Love Movies from the 1980s
- 19572 - Suspenseful Hijacking Movies
- 19573 - Dark Father-Daughter Dramas
- 19574 - Witty Father-Son Movies
- 19576 - Independent College Comedies
- 19577 - Goofy Father-Son Comedies
- 19585 - Mother-Son Mysteries
- 19589 - Romantic Mid-Life-Crisis Dramas
- 19590 - Violent Rogue-Cop Thrillers
- 19593 - Emotional Mother-Son Movies
- 19596 - Independent Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 19597 - Suspenseful Revenge Movies based on Real Life
- 19598 - Witty Mother-Son Comedies
- 19600 - Inspiring Father-Daughter Dramas
- 19601 - Father-Son Movies
- 19607 - Feel-good Con-Game Comedies
- 19611 - Quirky Mid-Life-Crisis Movies
- 19612 - Father-Daughter Movies from the 1970s
- 19614 - Foreign Forbidden-Love Movies
- 19618 - Romantic Con-Game Movies
- 19619 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Father-Son Movies
- 19621 - Understated Mother-Daughter Movies
- 19622 - Violent Rogue-Cop Movies
- 19625 - Romantic Independent Immigrant-Life Dramas
- 19626 - First-Love Movies for ages 8 to 10
- 19627 - Dark Father-Son Movies
- 19632 - Drug Dramas
- 19633 - Independent High School Dramas
- 19635 - Bounty-Hunter Westerns
- 19639 - Suspenseful Foreign Serial-Killer Movies
- 19640 - Romantic Con-Game Comedies
- 19648 - Post-Apocalypse Movies
- 19649 - Mistaken-Identity Children & Family Movies
- 19650 - Mother-Daughter Tearjerkers
- 19652 - Critically-acclaimed First-Love Dramas
- 19653 - Goofy Talking-Animal Tales
- 19659 - Emotional Father-Son Movies based on real life
- 19662 - Mistaken-Identity Satires
- 19673 - Sentimental Father-Son Movies
- 19678 - Quirky Father-Daughter Comedies
- 19680 - Visually-striking Father-Daughter Movies
- 19682 - Mistaken-Identity Action & Adventure
- 19683 - Romantic First-Love 20th Century Period Pieces
- 19684 - Quirky High School Movies
- 19686 - Feel-good Mistaken-Identity Movies
- 19687 - Goofy Father-Daughter Movies
- 19691 - Gritty Post-Apocalypse Movies
- 19693 - Con-Game Thrillers
- 19696 - Violent Rogue-Cop Action & Adventure
- 19697 - Gritty Con-Game Thrillers
- 19702 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Mother-Daughter Movies
- 19703 - Biographical Movies about Marriage
- 19704 - Father-Daughter Movies based on real life
- 19707 - Independent Father-Son Dramas
- 19710 - Quirky High School Comedies
- 19712 - Understated Immigrant-Life Dramas
- 19722 - College Movies
- 19728 - Foreign Mistaken-Identity Comedies
- 19730 - Feel-good Father-Daughter Comedies
- 19731 - Critically-acclaimed Immigrant-Life Movies
- 19734 - Independent Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 19742 - Biographical Drug Movies
- 19743 - Gay & Lesbian Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 19747 - Teen Mother-Daughter Movies
- 19749 - Mother-Daughter Movies
- 19755 - College Late Night Comedies
- 19756 - Father-Son Movies for ages 11 to 12
- 19760 - Monkey Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 19761 - Mid-Life-Crisis Movies
- 19765 - Understated Foreign Father-Son Movies
- 19767 - Goofy Mistaken-Identity Action & Adventure
- 19776 - Dark Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 19778 - Post-Apocalypse Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 19782 - Emotional Mother-Daughter Movies
- 19785 - Independent College Dramas
- 19793 - Critically-acclaimed Serial-Killer Movies
- 19794 - Father-Son Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 19796 - Father-Daughter Movies
- 19797 - Independent Immigrant-Life Dramas
- 19799 - Feel-good High School Movies
- 19801 - Cerebral Movies about Marriage
- 19802 - Mad-Scientist Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 19806 - Emotional Father-Son Movies
- 19807 - End-of-the-World Thrillers
- 19808 - Forbidden-Love Period Pieces
- 19810 - Teen Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 19814 - Mid-Life-Crisis Comedies
- 19820 - Mistaken-Identity Movies
- 19821 - Goofy Space-Travel Movies
- 19822 - Foreign Con-Game Comedies
- 19825 - Violent Mad-Scientist Movies
- 19826 - Revenge Film Noir
- 19827 - Forbidden-Love 20th Century Period Pieces
- 19832 - Visually-striking Romantic First-Love Movies
- 19834 - Romantic First-Love Movies
- 19850 - Emotional Father-Son 20th Century Period Pieces
- 19854 - Talking-Animal Movies for ages 2 to 4
- 19860 - Dark Independent Mother-Daughter Movies
- 19861 - Visually-striking Serial-Killer Thrillers
- 19862 - Father-Son Documentaries
- 19863 - Gritty Independent Con-Game Movies
- 19865 - Biographical Father-Daughter Movies
- 19869 - Father-Son Comedies
- 19871 - Dramas about Marriage
- 19873 - Con-Game Comedies from the 1980s
- 19875 - Gay & Lesbian Mother-Daughter Movies
- 19876 - African-American Mother-Son Movies
- 19880 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic Mid-Life-Crisis Movies
- 19883 - Drug Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 19884 - Dark Serial-Killer Dramas
- 19889 - Biographical Serial-Killer Movies
- 19894 - French-Language Mid-Life-Crisis Dramas
- 19895 - Heartfelt High School Movies
- 19896 - Emotional Father-Son Dramas based on real life
- 19898 - Critically-acclaimed Revenge Movies from the 1980s
- 19900 - Whistleblower Thrillers
- 19901 - Romantic Immigrant-Life Movies
- 19902 - Whistleblower Dramas based on real life
- 19906 - Serial-Killer Dramas
- 19907 - Emotional Father-Daughter Movies
- 19910 - Serial-Killer Sci-Fi Thrillers
- 19912 - Immigrant-Life Comedies
- 19916 - Gory Serial-Killer Movies
- 19920 - Visually-striking Revenge Martial Arts Movies
- 19922 - Understated Independent Mother-Son Movies
- 19924 - Immigrant-Life Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 19931 - Sentimental Mother-Daughter Movies
- 19932 - Gory Serial-Killer Thrillers
- 19935 - Violent Japanese Revenge Movies
- 19936 - Independent Mid-Life-Crisis Dramas
- 19942 - Quirky Drug Movies
- 19955 - Father-Daughter Thrillers
- 19958 - Sentimental First-Love Movies
- 19960 - Understated Independent Father-Son Dramas
- 19961 - Forbidden-Love Movies based on contemporary literature
- 19968 - Whistleblower Dramas
- 19969 - Independent Space-Travel Movies
- 19971 - Feel-good Talking-Animal Children & Family Movies
- 19972 - Violent Serial-Killer Action & Adventure
- 19973 - Romantic Immigrant-Life Dramas
- 19974 - Romantic High School Movies
- 19977 - Gritty Whistleblower Movies
- 19979 - Understated Independent Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 19983 - Serial-Killer B-Horror Movies
- 19985 - Dark Independent Movies about Marriage
- 19987 - Exciting Foreign Revenge Dramas
- 19994 - Dark Mid-Life-Crisis Dramas
- 19995 - Spanish-Language Movies about Marriage
- 19996 - Suspenseful Reincarnation Movies
- 19999 - Goofy Father-Son Movies for ages 8 to 10
- 20008 - End-of-the-World Sci-Fi Thrillers
- 20016 - Father-Son Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 20021 - Critically-acclaimed Bounty-Hunter Movies
- 20023 - Talking-Animal Tales
- 20028 - Dark Whistleblower Dramas
- 20029 - Gritty Serial-Killer Thrillers
- 20030 - Mad-Scientist Action & Adventure
- 20034 - Romantic Foreign Revenge Movies
- 20040 - Gritty Military 20th Century Period Pieces
- 20041 - Mother-Son Tearjerkers
- 20043 - Reincarnation Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 20047 - First-Love Comedies from the 1980s
- 20054 - French-Language Father-Daughter Movies
- 20058 - Romantic College Movies
- 20059 - Goofy Mistaken-Identity Comedies
- 20061 - Feel-good Father-Son Dramas
- 20064 - Inspiring Father-Daughter Movies
- 20070 - Romantic Gay & Lesbian First-Love Movies
- 20077 - Steamy First-Love Movies
- 20079 - French-Language First-Love Dramas
- 20085 - Quirky First-Love Comedies
- 20088 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic Movies about Marriage
- 20095 - Revenge Comedies from the 1980s
- 20096 - Steamy Con-Game Thrillers
- 20103 - Raunchy High School Comedies
- 20104 - Father-Son Tearjerkers
- 20116 - Scary Cult Revenge Movies
- 20121 - Suspenseful Bounty-Hunter Movies
- 20123 - Foreign Dramas about Marriage
- 20125 - Visually-striking Foreign Revenge Movies
- 20126 - Dark Mother-Daughter Movies
- 20131 - Critically-acclaimed Drug Movies
- 20136 - Critically-acclaimed Drug Dramas
- 20143 - Goofy College Movies
- 20148 - Emotional Father-Daughter Dramas
- 20150 - Post-Apocalypse Horror Movies
- 20152 - Independent High School Comedies
- 20154 - High School Movies from the 1980s
- 20155 - Independent Mistaken-Identity Comedies
- 20161 - Reincarnation Action & Adventure
- 20163 - Romantic College Comedies
- 20174 - Goofy High School Movies from the 1980s
- 20176 - Whistleblower Movies
- 20178 - Japanese High School Movies
- 20182 - Dark Foreign Father-Son Dramas
- 20183 - Exciting Japanese Revenge Movies
- 20186 - Dark Mid-Life-Crisis Movies
- 20188 - Dark Movies about Marriage
- 20189 - Mad-Scientist Movies
- 20198 - Independent Mid-Life-Crisis Comedies
- 20204 - Foreign Reincarnation Movies
- 20205 - Understated High School Movies
- 20206 - Suspenseful Independent Con-Game Movies
- 20210 - Exciting Post-Apocalypse Movies
- 20211 - Foreign Post-Apocalypse Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 20212 - Sentimental Father-Daughter Tearjerkers
- 20217 - Suspenseful Mistaken-Identity Movies
- 20222 - Critically-acclaimed Whistleblower Movies
- 20227 - Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 20231 - Mother-Son Children & Family Movies
- 20237 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic Mistaken-Identity Movies
- 20240 - Mother-Son 20th Century Period Pieces
- 20249 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Father-Son Dramas