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!
- 24061 - Comedies starring Tyler Perry
- 24066 - Heartfelt Biographical Political Movies
- 24069 - Dark Foreign Forbidden-Love Movies
- 24070 - Gritty Brazilian Dramas
- 24071 - Scary Foreign Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 24072 - Comedies starring Akshay Kumar
- 24074 - Emotional Teen Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 24077 - Ghost-story Movies for ages 8 to 10
- 24079 - Goofy Movies based on real life
- 24080 - Dark Foreign Dramas based on real life
- 24084 - Horror Movies starring Tony Todd
- 24088 - Exciting 20th Century Period Pieces based on real life
- 24094 - Inspiring Biographical Showbiz Movies
- 24097 - Exciting Historical Documentaries
- 24098 - Romantic Foreign Wedding Comedies
- 24105 - Heartfelt Historical Documentaries
- 24106 - Movies directed by Richard Quine
- 24115 - Movies starring Tyler Perry
- 24116 - Gritty Foreign Father-Son Movies
- 24124 - Movies directed by Nicolas Roeg
- 24131 - Movies starring Steve Coogan
- 24135 - Emotional Foreign Mother-Daughter Movies
- 24143 - Romantic Biographical Showbiz Dramas
- 24145 - Visually-striking Romantic Gay & Lesbian Movies
- 24146 - Gritty Social Issue Dramas based on real life
- 24155 - Mad-Scientist Sci-Fi Horror Movies from the 1980s
- 24156 - End-of-the-World Movies from the 1960s
- 24164 - Cerebral Immigrant-Life Movies
- 24168 - Gritty Foreign Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 24170 - Movies starring Damian Chapa
- 24173 - Movies starring Mo'Nique
- 24175 - Foreign War Movies based on real life
- 24177 - Snowboarding Movies
- 24178 - Movies starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- 24180 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Mother-Daughter Movies
- 24183 - Movies starring Irrfan Khan
- 24184 - Witty Serial-Killer Movies
- 24186 - Emotional Military Documentaries
- 24188 - Movies starring Arjun Rampal
- 24193 - Revenge Creature Features
- 24194 - Cerebral British Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 24205 - Space-Travel Movies for ages 5 to 7
- 24206 - Suspenseful Movies starring Mark Wahlberg
- 24213 - Cerebral Coming-of-age Movies
- 24229 - Comedies starring Jack Black
- 24231 - Inspiring Biographical Father-Son Movies
- 24232 - Exciting Mad-Scientist Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 24233 - Forbidden-Love Dramas from the 1980s
- 24236 - Visually-striking Exciting Foreign Dramas
- 24237 - Sentimental Mother-Son Comedies
- 24238 - Forbidden-Love Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 24240 - Critically-acclaimed Violent Prison Movies
- 24243 - Exciting Mother-Daughter Movies
- 24249 - Gritty Father-Daughter Action & Adventure
- 24252 - Cerebral Forbidden-Love Movies
- 24253 - Emotional Australian Dramas
- 24256 - Suspenseful Foreign Mad-Scientist Movies
- 24257 - Understated British Comedies
- 24258 - Quirky Independent Father-Daughter Movies
- 24260 - Violent Animation
- 24265 - Fashion Documentaries
- 24268 - Argentinian Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 24271 - Gritty Biographical Showbiz Movies
- 24273 - Mother-Daughter Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 24279 - Romantic Foreign Movies based on real life
- 24282 - Gritty Foreign Hit-man Action & Adventure
- 24286 - Gritty Military Historical Documentaries
- 24287 - Visually-striking Heartfelt Dramas
- 24292 - Goofy Biographical Movies
- 24293 - Dark Foreign Immigrant-Life Movies
- 24294 - Romantic Foreign Dramas based on real life
- 24299 - Raunchy First-Love Movies
- 24300 - Visually-striking Gritty Foreign Dramas
- 24301 - Dark Latin American Movies
- 24302 - Indian Dramas about Marriage
- 24303 - Heartfelt British Dramas
- 24314 - Prison 20th Century Period Pieces
- 24318 - Goofy Father-Son Movies for ages 11 to 12
- 24325 - Scary Mad-Scientist Movies from the 1980s
- 24330 - Suspenseful Movies starring Stephen Dorff
- 24334 - Gory British Horror Movies
- 24342 - Emotional Independent Mother-Son Dramas
- 24344 - British Father-Daughter Dramas
- 24346 - Talking-Animal Children & Family Movies from the 1980s
- 24358 - Scandinavian Father-Son Movies
- 24363 - Drug Horror Movies
- 24368 - Gritty Mistaken-Identity Movies
- 24390 - Indian Revenge Dramas
- 24394 - Chinese Father-Son Dramas
- 24395 - Romantic Gay & Lesbian Movies based on real life
- 24397 - Emotional Foreign Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 24399 - Wilderness-survival Creature Features
- 24402 - Suspenseful Movies starring Gary Oldman
- 24404 - Exciting German-Language Movies
- 24407 - Inspiring Gay & Lesbian Movies
- 24410 - Inspiring African-American Documentaries
- 24418 - Inspiring Foreign Documentaries
- 24419 - French-Language Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 24427 - Raunchy Foreign Comedies
- 24428 - Gritty Mexican Crime Movies
- 24431 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Foreign Action & Adventure
- 24432 - Feel-good Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 24434 - Gritty Eastern European Dramas
- 24437 - Dark Foreign Immigrant-Life Dramas
- 24439 - Suspenseful Movies starring Billy Zane
- 24446 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Prison Dramas
- 24454 - Witty British Comedies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 24458 - Critically-acclaimed Exciting Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 24459 - Exciting Foreign Movies based on real life
- 24462 - Gory High School Horror Movies
- 24463 - Inspiring British Dramas
- 24467 - Emotional Foreign Gay & Lesbian Movies
- 24472 - Understated British Period Pieces
- 24475 - Inspiring Travel & Adventure Documentaries
- 24478 - Quirky First-Love Dramas
- 24490 - Gory Horror Movies directed by George A. Romero
- 24493 - Gritty Hit-man Dramas
- 24496 - Romantic Dramas starring Mithun Chakraborty
- 24497 - Exciting British Dramas
- 24498 - Dark Revenge Movies based on real life
- 24499 - Scary Thrillers based on bestsellers
- 24508 - Dark Tortured-Genius Movies
- 24511 - Gritty Crime Action & Adventure based on real life
- 24512 - Scary Foreign Mad-Scientist Movies
- 24529 - High School Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 24532 - Witty Political Documentaries
- 24533 - Gritty Korean Movies
- 24536 - Romantic Movies starring Mithun Chakraborty
- 24542 - Violent Independent Serial-Killer Movies
- 24549 - Father-Daughter Social Issue Dramas
- 24555 - Exciting Revenge Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 24556 - Visually-striking Understated Independent Movies
- 24557 - Social Issue Dramas based on real life from the 1980s
- 24558 - Critically-acclaimed Visually-striking Witty Comedies
- 24566 - Gritty Foreign Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 24576 - British Serial-Killer Thrillers
- 24579 - Gory Movies directed by George A. Romero
- 24582 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Gay & Lesbian Movies
- 24591 - Movies starring Dylan Walsh
- 24592 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Drug Dramas
- 24603 - Hijacking Dramas
- 24604 - Dramas starring Mark Wahlberg
- 24607 - Action & Adventure starring Val Kilmer
- 24609 - Visually-striking Cerebral 20th Century Period Pieces
- 24611 - Critically-acclaimed High School Dramas
- 24612 - Movies starring Ned Beatty
- 24618 - Dramas starring Robin Wright
- 24620 - Romantic Dramas starring Anthony Hopkins
- 24623 - Foreign War Dramas based on real life
- 24624 - Australian Biographical Movies
- 24627 - Visually-striking Animation
- 24629 - Inspiring Military Dramas based on real life
- 24631 - Dark Father-Son Thrillers
- 24634 - Imaginative Movies based on classic literature
- 24635 - Emotional Teen Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 24642 - Understated Independent Immigrant-Life Dramas
- 24647 - Heartfelt Biographical Sports Movies
- 24649 - Emotional Prison Dramas
- 24653 - Gritty Biographical Showbiz Dramas
- 24654 - Romantic Tortured-Genius Movies based on real life
- 24655 - Romantic Tortured-Genius Dramas based on real life
- 24656 - Movies starring Nathalie Baye
- 24660 - Visually-striking Biographical Period Pieces
- 24670 - Critically-acclaimed Immigrant-Life Documentaries
- 24671 - Gay & Lesbian High School Dramas
- 24672 - Emotional Foreign Military Movies
- 24675 - Dark Brazilian Movies
- 24677 - Immigrant-Life Historical Documentaries
- 24678 - Inspiring Jewish Movies
- 24681 - Understated Crime Action & Adventure
- 24682 - Gritty Musicals
- 24684 - Violent Mistaken-Identity Movies
- 24685 - Biographical Immigrant-Life Documentaries
- 24686 - Inspiring Biographical Political Documentaries
- 24688 - Understated Independent High School Dramas
- 24694 - Movies starring Daniel Giménez Cacho
- 24696 - Prison Documentaries
- 24697 - Independent Mysteries Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 24699 - Inspiring Sports Dramas for ages 11 to 12
- 24700 - Emotional British Movies based on real life
- 24701 - Critically-acclaimed Violent Documentaries
- 24704 - Dark British Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 24705 - Raunchy Prison Comedies
- 24706 - Inspiring Sports Movies for ages 8 to 10
- 24711 - Romantic Foreign High School Movies
- 24712 - Heartfelt Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 24717 - College Thrillers
- 24720 - Visually-striking Steamy Foreign Movies
- 24723 - Gritty Showbiz Movies based on real life
- 24730 - Foreign Space-Travel Movies
- 24733 - Movies directed by Chia-Liang Liu
- 24734 - Emotional Biographical Military Movies
- 24737 - Action & Adventure directed by Chia-Liang Liu
- 24740 - Israeli Military Movies
- 24741 - Australian Movies based on contemporary literature
- 24743 - Movies directed by Jim Jarmusch
- 24744 - Martial Arts Movies directed by Chia-Liang Liu
- 24756 - Comedies starring Richard Dreyfuss
- 24761 - Movies starring Giancarlo Giannini
- 24770 - Movies starring Bruno Ganz
- 24771 - Movies starring Nicollette Sheridan
- 24776 - Movies starring Carla Gugino
- 24789 - Movies starring Brittany Murphy
- 24793 - Movies starring Julie Delpy
- 24794 - Movies starring Diego Luna
- 24795 - Forbidden-Love Thrillers
- 24806 - Movies starring Claire Bloom
- 24808 - First-Love Musicals
- 24810 - Australian Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 24812 - Action & Adventure starring Christopher Lambert
- 24813 - Critically-acclaimed Mexican Movies
- 24814 - Australian Biographical Dramas
- 24818 - Dark British Social Issue Dramas
- 24821 - Visually-striking Dark German-Language Movies
- 24822 - Dark Movies starring Donald Sutherland
- 24824 - Dark End-of-the-World Sci-Fi Thrillers
- 24826 - Dark Martial Arts Movies
- 24827 - Dark Independent High School Movies
- 24835 - Dark Thrillers based on classic literature
- 24836 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Russian Movies
- 24837 - Critically-acclaimed Dark British Independent Dramas
- 24838 - Dark Musicals
- 24840 - Dark Gay & Lesbian Biographical Movies
- 24843 - Dark Cult Revenge Movies
- 24849 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Military Action & Adventure
- 24855 - Dark Movies based on classic literature from the 1970s
- 24858 - Dark Showbiz Comedies
- 24862 - Visually-striking Dark Revenge Dramas
- 24863 - Dark British Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 24864 - Dark Biographical Tortured-Genius Movies
- 24865 - Cerebral British Period Pieces
- 24869 - Dark Independent Coming-of-age Dramas
- 24874 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Period Pieces
- 24881 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Italian Dramas
- 24882 - Dark Sci-Fi & Fantasy Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 24883 - Dark Movies starring Samuel L. Jackson
- 24884 - Dark Spanish-Language Dramas
- 24898 - Dark Spy Dramas
- 24899 - Dark Foreign Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 24902 - Dark Showbiz Dramas based on real life
- 24906 - Dark Japanese Revenge Movies
- 24910 - Dark Mistaken-Identity Movies
- 24914 - Dark Latin American Dramas
- 24916 - Dark Period Pieces from the 1970s
- 24918 - Visually-striking Dark Foreign Action & Adventure
- 24920 - Critically-acclaimed British Period Pieces
- 24922 - Dark British Movies based on contemporary literature
- 24926 - Dark Tortured-Genius Movies based on real life
- 24932 - Dark Prison Thrillers
- 24934 - Dark Movies starring Marlon Brando