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!
- 23399 - Quirky Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23403 - Witty British Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23406 - Foreign Comedies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23408 - Inspiring Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23409 - Critically-acclaimed Israeli Dramas
- 23410 - Feel-good Comedies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23411 - Girl Power Dramas for ages 11 to 12
- 23412 - Suspenseful Comedies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23413 - Irreverent Comedies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23414 - Girl Power Movies
- 23418 - Tearjerkers Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23424 - Dark Mysteries Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23425 - British Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23427 - Scary Cult Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23428 - Dark Foreign Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23429 - Steamy Foreign Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23430 - Understated Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23431 - Movies starring Rodney Perry
- 23432 - Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23433 - Teen Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23435 - Goofy Girl Power Movies
- 23437 - Bounty-Hunter Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 23441 - Dark Foreign Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23443 - Raunchy Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23444 - Mysteries Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23446 - Dark Thrillers Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23447 - Biographical Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23450 - Understated Comedies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23451 - Critically-acclaimed Mysteries from the 1980s
- 23452 - Biographical Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23453 - Inspiring Tearjerkers Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23454 - German-Language Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23456 - Sentimental Girl Power Movies for ages 11 to 12
- 23462 - Heartfelt Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23464 - Gay & Lesbian Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23465 - Comedies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23466 - Girl Power Children & Family Movies
- 23467 - French-Language Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23469 - Critically-acclaimed Girl Power Movies
- 23471 - Campy Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23472 - Steamy Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23473 - Steamy Foreign Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23474 - Social Issue Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23475 - Foreign Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23476 - Witty Comedies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23477 - Cerebral Foreign Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23479 - Feel-good Girl Power Movies based on children's books
- 23480 - Romantic Tearjerkers Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23481 - Romantic Thrillers Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23482 - Independent Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23485 - Gritty Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23487 - Cerebral Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23489 - Inspiring Comedies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23490 - Cerebral Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23492 - Gay & Lesbian Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23494 - Feel-good Girl Power Movies
- 23497 - Emotional Comedies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23499 - Irreverent Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23500 - Gritty Westerns based on real life
- 23501 - French-Language Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23503 - Scary Mysteries Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23504 - Cult Horror Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23505 - Girl Power Animal Tales
- 23506 - Mother-Daughter Documentaries
- 23510 - Quirky Comedies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23511 - Quirky Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23512 - Emotional Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23513 - Sentimental Tearjerkers Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23515 - Thrillers Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23517 - Mind-bending Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23518 - Horror Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23523 - Scary Thrillers Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23525 - Emotional Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23526 - Cult Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23528 - Feel-good Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23529 - Sentimental Girl Power Dramas
- 23530 - Raunchy Comedies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23533 - Violent Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23536 - Bounty-Hunter Movies from the 1970s
- 23538 - Dark Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23540 - Feel-good Girl Power Movies for ages 5 to 7
- 23541 - Heartfelt Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23542 - Girl Power Movies for ages 5 to 7
- 23544 - Feel-good Girl Power Movies for ages 8 to 10
- 23547 - Cerebral Foreign Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23551 - Independent Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23552 - African-American Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23553 - Action & Adventure Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23554 - Exciting Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23555 - Documentaries directed by Werner Herzog
- 23556 - Violent Thrillers Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23557 - Heartfelt Science & Nature Documentaries
- 23558 - Chinese Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23559 - Independent Thrillers Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23560 - Critically-acclaimed Understated Coming-of-age Movies
- 23561 - Heartfelt Girl Power Movies
- 23569 - Raunchy Revenge Comedies
- 23570 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Historical Documentaries
- 23573 - Suspenseful Movies starring Ewan McGregor
- 23577 - Steamy Thrillers Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23586 - Japanese Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23587 - Violent Foreign Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23592 - Emotional Action & Adventure based on real life
- 23593 - Dramas starring Peter O'Toole
- 23594 - Visually-striking French-Language Crime Movies
- 23598 - Gay & Lesbian Musicals
- 23599 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Biographical Movies
- 23602 - Understated Foreign Mother-Son Movies
- 23608 - Violent Movies starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
- 23609 - Violent Cult Revenge Movies
- 23611 - Chinese Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23612 - Dark Foreign Mother-Son Movies
- 23614 - Talking-Animal Movies from the 1980s
- 23615 - Critically-acclaimed Visually-striking Chinese Movies
- 23616 - Emotional Scandinavian Dramas
- 23620 - Gory Foreign Revenge Action & Adventure
- 23624 - Biographical Political Period Pieces
- 23625 - Gory Cult Revenge Movies
- 23627 - Gory Revenge Movies from the 1980s
- 23632 - Emotional Scandinavian Movies
- 23637 - Gory Cult Revenge Horror Movies
- 23641 - Gory Japanese Revenge Movies
- 23644 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Forbidden-Love Movies
- 23648 - Dutch Documentaries
- 23649 - British Mother-Daughter Movies
- 23651 - Movies starring Michael Rooker
- 23657 - Biographical Father-Daughter Documentaries
- 23658 - Heartfelt Musicals
- 23660 - Heartfelt Courtroom Movies
- 23662 - Visually-striking Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 23667 - Critically-acclaimed Mother-Daughter Comedies
- 23668 - Military Movies based on real life from the 1960s
- 23669 - Quirky Independent Mother-Daughter Movies
- 23672 - Visually-striking Foreign Crime Thrillers
- 23673 - Heartfelt Girl Power Children & Family Movies
- 23675 - Family-friendly Girl Power Movies
- 23676 - Movies directed by James Cameron
- 23680 - Critically-acclaimed Heartfelt Movies from the 1980s
- 23681 - Dramas starring Louis Gossett Jr.
- 23682 - Foreign Crime Movies based on real life
- 23684 - Martial Arts Movies starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
- 23686 - Visually-striking Romantic Chinese Dramas
- 23688 - Critically-acclaimed Controversial Biographical Movies
- 23694 - Gritty Foreign Dramas based on real life
- 23695 - Visually-striking Mid-Life-Crisis Movies
- 23698 - Dramas starring Javier Bardem
- 23699 - Heartfelt Mother-Son Movies
- 23702 - Visually-striking Witty Foreign Movies
- 23705 - Emotional Biographical Crime Movies
- 23706 - Understated Foreign Movies based on real life
- 23707 - Witty Spanish-Language Comedies
- 23710 - Dramas starring John Heard
- 23711 - Movies starring James Franco
- 23715 - Dramas starring Cicely Tyson
- 23717 - Visually-striking Emotional Biographical Movies
- 23718 - Emotional Ghost-story Movies
- 23719 - Understated Independent Movies based on real life
- 23720 - Visually-striking Romantic British Movies
- 23724 - Gritty Russian Dramas
- 23728 - Critically-acclaimed College Movies
- 23730 - Understated Independent Dramas based on real life
- 23734 - Australian Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23738 - Movies starring Emile Hirsch
- 23739 - Scary Period Pieces
- 23740 - Movies directed by Michael Feifer
- 23744 - Movies starring Gerard Butler
- 23753 - Prison Mysteries
- 23756 - Movies directed by Ang Lee
- 23757 - Cerebral Australian Movies
- 23764 - Middle Eastern Political Movies
- 23766 - Scandinavian Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23767 - Emotional Westerns
- 23769 - Violent Chinese Action & Adventure
- 23772 - British Period Pieces about Royalty based on real life
- 23775 - Italian Biographical Dramas
- 23781 - Heartfelt Dramas for ages 11 to 12
- 23782 - Mind-bending Thrillers Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23784 - Jewish Biographical Movies
- 23785 - Violent Movies based on real life from the 1970s
- 23798 - Dark Documentaries from the 1980s
- 23801 - Emotional Immigrant-Life Dramas
- 23804 - Sentimental Immigrant-Life Dramas
- 23807 - Movies directed by Howard Deutch
- 23810 - Emotional Gay & Lesbian Movies based on real life
- 23812 - Emotional African-American Biographical Movies
- 23813 - Scandinavian Action & Adventure
- 23821 - Soccer Documentaries
- 23823 - Movies starring Chazz Palminteri
- 23825 - Cerebral Thrillers Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 23828 - Dark Biographical Showbiz Movies
- 23830 - Sentimental Coming-of-age 20th Century Period Pieces
- 23832 - Dark Serial-Killer Movies based on real life
- 23838 - Suspenseful British Serial-Killer Movies
- 23841 - Dark Biographical Showbiz Dramas
- 23846 - Critically-acclaimed Independent Immigrant-Life Movies
- 23851 - Movies starring Jonathan Silverman
- 23857 - Emotional Mid-Life-Crisis Dramas
- 23858 - Critically-acclaimed Inspiring Foreign Dramas
- 23869 - Ghost-story Movies based on children's books
- 23870 - Gritty Comic Book and Superhero Movies
- 23872 - Comedies starring Jack Nicholson
- 23873 - Critically-acclaimed Independent Immigrant-Life Dramas
- 23874 - German-Language Dramas based on real life
- 23876 - Movies starring Kim Cattrall
- 23881 - Quirky Independent Movies about Marriage
- 23886 - Heartfelt Spiritual Documentaries
- 23895 - Dark Dramas based on real life from the 1970s
- 23913 - Gritty Revenge Movies based on real life
- 23915 - Heartfelt French-Language Movies
- 23918 - Foreign Military Dramas based on real life
- 23932 - Romantic Biographical Tortured-Genius Dramas
- 23937 - Emotional Foreign Father-Son Dramas
- 23947 - Jewish Biographical Documentaries
- 23948 - Emotional Period Pieces based on classic literature
- 23953 - Quirky Independent Mother-Son Movies
- 23957 - Romantic Biographical Tortured-Genius Movies
- 23960 - Emotional Biographical Political Dramas
- 23961 - Critically-acclaimed Heartfelt Foreign Dramas
- 23962 - Suspenseful Movies starring Cuba Gooding Jr.
- 23963 - Forbidden-Love Dramas based on real life
- 23964 - Inspiring 20th Century Period Pieces from the 1980s
- 23965 - Inspiring Foreign Movies based on real life
- 23971 - Visually-striking Violent Foreign Action & Adventure
- 23972 - Feel-good Indian Dramas
- 23975 - Feel-good Indian Movies
- 23981 - Dark First-Love Movies
- 23987 - Raunchy Coming-of-age Movies
- 23991 - Basketball Movies based on real life
- 23995 - Italian Movies based on real life
- 23996 - Visually-striking Biographical Tortured-Genius Movies
- 24000 - Dark Prison Movies based on real life
- 24001 - Westerns directed by Burt Kennedy
- 24003 - Cerebral Biographical Political Documentaries
- 24005 - Revenge Dramas based on real life
- 24007 - Movies directed by Craig Clyde
- 24013 - Violent Foreign Military Movies
- 24016 - Cerebral Chinese Dramas
- 24018 - Exciting Foreign Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 24019 - Violent Foreign Movies based on real life
- 24020 - French-Language Forbidden-Love Movies
- 24026 - Violent Sports Movies
- 24028 - Emotional Sci-Fi Dramas
- 24030 - Violent Movies directed by Takashi Miike
- 24031 - Exciting Military Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 24037 - Inspiring High School Dramas
- 24043 - Scary Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 24050 - Foreign Action & Adventure based on real life
- 24052 - Ghost-story Movies for ages 5 to 7
- 24059 - Dark 20th Century Period Pieces about Marriage
- 24060 - Heartfelt Mother-Son Dramas