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!
- 20252 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Revenge Movies
- 20253 - Romantic British Movies about Marriage
- 20255 - Mad-Scientist Horror Movies from the 1980s
- 20256 - Family-friendly Talking-Animal Movies
- 20258 - Independent Mother-Son Comedies
- 20260 - Father-Daughter Movies from the 1980s
- 20264 - Gritty Foreign Drug Movies
- 20267 - Sentimental Father-Daughter Movies
- 20271 - Serial-Killer Thrillers based on real life
- 20274 - Serial-Killer Movies
- 20276 - Critically-acclaimed Dramas about Marriage
- 20277 - Father-Son Horror Movies
- 20281 - Mistaken-Identity Comedies
- 20284 - Drug Dramas based on real life
- 20286 - Father-Daughter Documentaries
- 20290 - Dark Independent Father-Daughter Movies
- 20294 - British Con-Game Movies
- 20299 - Feel-good College Comedies
- 20301 - Critically-acclaimed First-Love Comedies
- 20309 - Cerebral Tortured-Genius Movies
- 20318 - Romantic Comedies about Marriage
- 20320 - Understated Independent Dramas about Marriage
- 20323 - Romantic Movies about Marriage
- 20325 - Foreign First-Love Dramas
- 20326 - High School Movies for ages 8 to 10
- 20327 - Dark High School Movies
- 20332 - Romantic Independent College Movies
- 20333 - Quirky Father-Son Dramas
- 20335 - Mad-Scientist B-Horror Movies
- 20337 - Quirky Movies about Marriage
- 20338 - Critically-acclaimed Mid-Life-Crisis Dramas
- 20340 - High School Action & Adventure
- 20342 - Raunchy College Movies
- 20343 - Independent First-Love 20th Century Period Pieces
- 20348 - Mistaken-Identity Dramas
- 20349 - Quirky Con-Game Movies
- 20353 - Serial-Killer Comedies
- 20357 - Suspenseful Independent Serial-Killer Movies
- 20358 - Mother-Son Horror Movies
- 20359 - Independent Mother-Son Dramas
- 20362 - Whistleblower Movies based on real life
- 20368 - Foreign End-of-the-World Movies
- 20370 - Suspenseful Rogue-Cop Action & Adventure
- 20371 - First-Love Movies from the 1980s
- 20372 - Witty Father-Daughter Comedies
- 20376 - College Horror Movies
- 20377 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Revenge Movies
- 20378 - Gritty High School Dramas
- 20380 - Suspenseful Whistleblower Movies
- 20381 - Quirky Mid-Life-Crisis Comedies
- 20386 - Monkey Movies for ages 5 to 7
- 20398 - Visually-striking Scary Serial-Killer Movies
- 20402 - Feel-good Talking-Animal Tales
- 20410 - Critically-acclaimed Father-Daughter Movies
- 20411 - Foreign Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 20414 - Critically-acclaimed Visually-striking Revenge Movies
- 20417 - Foreign Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 20418 - Visually-striking Drug Movies
- 20419 - Critically-acclaimed Father-Son Dramas
- 20422 - Critically-acclaimed Immigrant-Life Dramas
- 20424 - End-of-the-World Action & Adventure
- 20426 - Sentimental Dramas about Marriage
- 20430 - Scary High School Movies
- 20431 - Cerebral Mid-Life-Crisis Movies
- 20434 - Romantic Dramas about Marriage
- 20436 - Dramas about Marriage based on real life
- 20440 - Understated Mother-Son Movies
- 20443 - Critically-acclaimed Serial-Killer Thrillers
- 20447 - Dark Post-Apocalypse Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 20451 - Gritty Serial-Killer Horror Movies
- 20453 - Romantic Independent Immigrant-Life Movies
- 20456 - Critically-acclaimed Father-Son Movies
- 20460 - Biographical Father-Son Movies
- 20461 - Dark Drug Movies
- 20462 - Witty Mother-Son Movies
- 20463 - Independent Mistaken-Identity Movies
- 20464 - Dark Immigrant-Life Movies
- 20468 - Foreign Con-Game Action & Adventure
- 20469 - Romantic Tortured-Genius Dramas
- 20486 - Drug Movies
- 20488 - Romantic Mistaken-Identity Comedies
- 20492 - Cult Serial-Killer Horror Movies
- 20502 - Violent Foreign Serial-Killer Movies
- 20503 - Father-Son Movies based on contemporary literature
- 20511 - Exciting High School Movies
- 20518 - Gritty Whistleblower Dramas
- 20521 - Reincarnation Dramas
- 20527 - Gritty Biographical Drug Movies
- 20530 - Serial-Killer Movies based on contemporary literature
- 20536 - High School Movies
- 20538 - Irreverent Drug Movies
- 20541 - Hijacking Movies
- 20542 - Scary Serial-Killer Mysteries
- 20543 - Rogue-Cop Thrillers
- 20544 - Visually-striking Suspenseful Serial-Killer Movies
- 20545 - Critically-acclaimed Father-Son Comedies
- 20548 - Romantic Foreign Immigrant-Life Movies
- 20550 - Feel-good Mistaken-Identity Comedies
- 20551 - Raunchy College Comedies
- 20553 - Feel-good Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 20562 - Cerebral Foreign Father-Son Dramas
- 20564 - Goofy Movies about Marriage
- 20565 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Father-Son Dramas
- 20567 - Goofy Summer-Camp Movies
- 20568 - Reincarnation Comedies
- 20569 - Movies about Marriage based on real life
- 20572 - Exciting Post-Apocalypse Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 20573 - African-American Drug Dramas
- 20575 - Con-Game Dramas
- 20578 - Mother-Son Movies based on contemporary literature
- 20579 - Quirky Father-Daughter Movies
- 20583 - Foreign Mad-Scientist Horror Movies
- 20586 - Revenge Movies based on classic literature
- 20589 - Goofy Talking-Animal Movies
- 20590 - Space-Travel Horror Movies
- 20591 - Father-Daughter Dramas from the 1980s
- 20593 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Drug Movies
- 20595 - Critically-acclaimed Father-Daughter Dramas
- 20598 - Gay & Lesbian High School Movies
- 20599 - Feel-good College Movies
- 20600 - Suspenseful Serial-Killer Comedies
- 20601 - Foreign High School Comedies
- 20604 - High School Comedies
- 20609 - Foreign High School Dramas
- 20614 - Violent Drug Movies
- 20616 - Feel-good Forbidden-Love Comedies
- 20619 - Father-Son Thrillers
- 20622 - Father-Daughter Dramas
- 20624 - Understated Mid-Life-Crisis Movies
- 20625 - Independent Serial-Killer Movies
- 20626 - Foreign Serial-Killer Thrillers
- 20630 - Gritty Father-Son Movies
- 20632 - Independent Movies about Marriage
- 20637 - Romantic Independent Movies about Marriage
- 20641 - Father-Daughter Dramas from the 1970s
- 20648 - Post-Apocalypse Sci-Fi Thrillers
- 20649 - Revenge 20th Century Period Pieces
- 20652 - Understated Independent Father-Son Movies
- 20654 - Mad-Scientist Movies from the 1980s
- 20655 - Forbidden-Love Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 20656 - Biographical Mother-Son Dramas
- 20657 - Cult High School Comedies
- 20661 - Foreign Serial-Killer Dramas
- 20664 - Cult Mad-Scientist Movies
- 20666 - High School Late Night Comedies
- 20668 - Understated Independent First-Love Movies
- 20669 - Goofy Father-Son Children & Family Movies
- 20671 - Emotional Forbidden-Love Movies
- 20680 - Space-Travel Movies
- 20683 - Forbidden-Love Comedies
- 20694 - Dark Dramas about Marriage
- 20699 - Feel-good Forbidden-Love Movies
- 20701 - Mother-Daughter Movies from the 1960s
- 20706 - Foreign First-Love Movies
- 20707 - Revenge Sci-Fi Thrillers
- 20716 - Con-Game Action & Adventure
- 20719 - Monkey Children & Family Movies
- 20720 - Revenge Movies based on contemporary literature
- 20734 - Heartfelt Father-Son Movies
- 20736 - Romantic Revenge Action & Adventure
- 20737 - French-Language Mother-Son Movies
- 20741 - Critically-acclaimed Understated Father-Son Movies
- 20744 - High School Thrillers
- 20749 - Gritty Immigrant-Life Movies
- 20753 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 20755 - Rogue-Cop Movies
- 20758 - Witty College Movies
- 20764 - Critically-acclaimed Forbidden-Love Movies
- 20771 - Romantic Serial-Killer Movies
- 20773 - Dark Post-Apocalypse Action & Adventure
- 20774 - Mother-Daughter Comedies
- 20775 - Romantic Foreign First-Love Movies
- 20777 - Romantic Foreign Mid-Life-Crisis Dramas
- 20778 - Tortured-Genius 20th Century Period Pieces
- 20782 - Feel-good Con-Game Movies
- 20784 - Gory Cult Serial-Killer Horror Movies
- 20785 - Gritty High School Movies
- 20793 - Inspiring High School Movies
- 20794 - Exciting Mistaken-Identity Movies
- 20809 - Visually-striking Father-Son Dramas
- 20811 - French-Language Mid-Life-Crisis Movies
- 20812 - Biographical Drug Documentaries
- 20813 - French-Language Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 20819 - Foreign Drug Movies
- 20820 - Visually-striking Space-Travel Movies
- 20822 - Independent Father-Son 20th Century Period Pieces
- 20825 - Dark Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 20828 - Romantic Mistaken-Identity Dramas
- 20829 - Independent Father-Son Movies
- 20832 - British Dramas about Marriage
- 20836 - Independent High School Movies
- 20842 - Witty Revenge Comedies
- 20843 - Violent Serial-Killer Thrillers
- 20850 - Father-Daughter Movies for ages 8 to 10
- 20851 - Tortured-Genius Movies
- 20858 - Gritty Drug Dramas
- 20860 - Romantic Mid-Life-Crisis Movies
- 20862 - Independent Father-Daughter Movies
- 20873 - Dark Foreign Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 20874 - High School Dramas from the 1980s
- 20875 - Forbidden-Love Movies based on classic literature
- 20876 - British Revenge Thrillers
- 20877 - Quirky Con-Game Comedies
- 20878 - Mother-Daughter Children & Family Movies
- 20881 - Father-Daughter Comedies
- 20883 - First-Love Comedies
- 20885 - Violent Revenge Martial Arts Movies
- 20886 - Witty First-Love Comedies
- 20887 - Serial-Killer Movies based on bestsellers
- 20889 - Mother-Son Dramas
- 20896 - Father-Son Movies for ages 8 to 10
- 20899 - College Movies from the 1980s
- 20904 - African-American High School Movies
- 20914 - Indian Father-Son Movies
- 20915 - Steamy Forbidden-Love Movies
- 20918 - Con-Game Movies
- 20922 - Mother-Son Movies
- 20925 - Mother-Son Dramas based on real life
- 20927 - Steamy Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 20931 - Gritty Independent Father-Son Movies
- 20932 - Mad-Scientist Sci-Fi Horror Movies
- 20933 - Rogue-Cop Action & Adventure
- 20934 - Understated High School Dramas
- 20935 - Talking-Animal Children & Family Movies
- 20939 - Talking-Animal Movies for ages 5 to 7
- 20941 - Foreign College Movies
- 20955 - Romantic High School Comedies
- 20956 - Critically-acclaimed Movies about Marriage
- 20957 - Talking-Animal Movies
- 20959 - Italian Father-Son Movies
- 20961 - Foreign Father-Daughter Dramas
- 20965 - Dark Foreign Revenge Dramas
- 20967 - Imaginative Space-Travel Movies
- 20968 - Mother-Son Thrillers
- 20970 - Gritty Con-Game Movies
- 20971 - British Father-Son Movies
- 20973 - Dark End-of-the-World Action & Adventure
- 20975 - French-Language Immigrant-Life Movies
- 20981 - Bounty-Hunter Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 20989 - African-American Drug Movies
- 20995 - Foreign Mother-Daughter Movies
- 20997 - Romantic Con-Game Dramas
- 21002 - Critically-acclaimed Space-Travel Movies
- 21011 - Gritty Post-Apocalypse Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 21015 - Space-Travel Movies from the 1980s
- 21016 - Understated Father-Daughter Movies
- 21018 - Father-Son Slapstick Comedies
- 21022 - End-of-the-World Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 21031 - Revenge Movies based on real life
- 21033 - Critically-acclaimed Independent Father-Son Movies