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!
- 37298 - Quirky Romantic Wedding Comedies
- 37302 - BBC Space-Travel TV Action & Adventure
- 37308 - Witty High School TV Comedies
- 37316 - Mistaken-Identity TV Shows
- 37319 - Witty BBC Dramas
- 37321 - Independent Stoner Movies
- 37339 - Spy Kids' TV
- 37340 - Visually-striking Movies from the 1920s
- 37349 - Italian Mother-Son Movies
- 37363 - Talking-Animal Tales from the 1980s
- 37371 - Violent Chinese Revenge Movies
- 37372 - Critically-acclaimed Talking-Animal Tales
- 37378 - Sports TV Documentaries
- 37380 - Family-friendly TV Shows from the 1980s
- 37384 - Inspiring Buddy Dramas
- 37396 - Goofy Stoner Late Night Comedies
- 37401 - Family-friendly Animation about Cats & Dogs
- 37403 - First-Love Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 37404 - Family-friendly Fairy Tale Animation
- 37405 - Violent Chinese Movies from the 1980s
- 37407 - Gay & Lesbian Slasher and Serial Killer Movies
- 37410 - Heartfelt Father-Son Comedies
- 37418 - Foreign Fight-the-System Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 37425 - Movies directed by Gore Verbinski
- 37426 - Gritty Biographical Crime Documentaries
- 37432 - Dark Romantic Independent 20th Century Period Pieces
- 37444 - Inspiring Biographical Movies from the 1950s
- 37450 - Quirky Biographical Showbiz Movies
- 37457 - Biographical Crime Action & Adventure
- 37460 - Controversial Faith and Spirituality
- 37461 - Movies starring Anna Faris
- 37462 - Argentinian Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 37473 - Cult Comic Book and Superhero Movies
- 37476 - Emotional Teen First-Love Movies
- 37477 - Gory Independent Serial-Killer Movies
- 37478 - Dysfunctional-Family Reality TV
- 37479 - Dramas directed by Jim Jarmusch
- 37482 - Action & Adventure directed by Russell Mulcahy
- 37483 - Controversial Historical Documentaries
- 37484 - Movies directed by Wilson Yip
- 37489 - Violent Revenge Adventures
- 37491 - Violent Biographical Action & Adventure
- 37499 - Inspiring French-Language Movies
- 37508 - Violent Serial-Killer Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 37512 - Controversial Biographical Documentaries
- 37515 - Dramas starring Bryan Brown
- 37519 - Inspiring Dramas from the 1950s
- 37523 - African Political Movies
- 37524 - Critically-acclaimed Inspiring Military Movies
- 37525 - Indian Wedding Movies
- 37534 - Buddy Reality TV
- 37536 - Controversial Biographical Political Documentaries
- 37537 - Wilderness-survival Monster Movies
- 37538 - Controversial Biographical Political Movies
- 37541 - Cult Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 37546 - Inspiring Independent Father-Son Dramas
- 37550 - Gritty Hijacking Movies
- 37554 - Dramas starring Emily Watson
- 37561 - Bounty-Hunter Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 37563 - Emotional Tortured-Genius Dramas based on real life
- 37570 - Visually-striking Emotional Biographical Dramas
- 37573 - Movies starring Elizabeth Banks
- 37575 - Medical Tearjerkers based on real life
- 37580 - Understated British Dramas based on real life
- 37581 - Teen Movies based on Contemporary Literature
- 37582 - Sitcoms for ages 11 to 12
- 37584 - Heartfelt Football Movies
- 37585 - Visually-striking Post-Apocalypse Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 37594 - Raunchy Stand-up Comedy Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 37596 - British Independent Buddy Comedies
- 37598 - Inspiring Biographical Tearjerkers
- 37602 - Dramas starring Marcia Gay Harden
- 37603 - Romantic Indian Movies about Marriage
- 37607 - Movies starring Jack Scalia
- 37612 - Steamy Japanese Thrillers
- 37615 - Emotional Tortured-Genius Movies based on real life
- 37625 - Military Movies based on bestsellers
- 37628 - Medical TV Dramedies
- 37631 - Emotional Gay & Lesbian Documentaries
- 37644 - Raunchy Biographical Documentaries
- 37648 - British Dramas based on bestsellers
- 37653 - Inspiring Romantic Foreign Movies
- 37656 - Understated Military Documentaries
- 37659 - Visually-striking Cerebral Mysteries
- 37660 - Inspiring Gay & Lesbian Documentaries
- 37661 - Movies starring Ringo Starr
- 37672 - Inspiring Foreign Biographical Movies
- 37676 - Visually-striking Tortured-Genius Dramas
- 37677 - Stoner Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 37683 - Inspiring Foreign Fight-the-System Movies
- 37693 - Steamy Gangster Movies
- 37696 - Gritty Foreign Biographical Dramas
- 37704 - Creature Features Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 37706 - Foreign Whistleblower Movies
- 37722 - Visually-striking British Period Pieces
- 37725 - Movies starring Neil Patrick Harris
- 37727 - Spanish-Language Steamy Romance
- 37731 - British Social Issue Dramas based on real life
- 37736 - Visually-striking Raunchy Movies
- 37743 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Immigrant-Life Movies
- 37750 - Feel-good Girl Power Animation for ages 5 to 7
- 37760 - Cerebral Showbiz Documentaries
- 37761 - Gritty Drug Thrillers
- 37762 - Movies starring Cillian Murphy
- 37769 - Sentimental Coming-of-age Tearjerkers
- 37774 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign First-Love Dramas
- 37775 - Feel-good Sports Dramas based on real life
- 37779 - Quirky Foreign Dysfunctional-Family Dramas
- 37780 - Witty Showbiz Documentaries
- 37784 - Visually-striking Psychological Mysteries
- 37789 - Inspiring Prison Movies
- 37791 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Coming-of-age Dramas
- 37792 - Visually-striking Imaginative Romantic Dramas
- 37794 - Gay & Lesbian Crime Documentaries
- 37795 - Cerebral Biographical Showbiz Movies
- 37801 - Foreign Showbiz Documentaries
- 37818 - Dark Foreign Thrillers Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 37826 - Space-Travel TV Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 37832 - Scary Gay & Lesbian Movies
- 37834 - Witty Space-Travel TV Shows from the 1970s
- 37835 - Foreign Mistaken-Identity Action & Adventure
- 37836 - Understated Wilderness-survival Movies
- 37838 - Dark TV Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 37846 - Classic Imaginative Movies
- 37852 - Scary TV Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 37856 - Dark TV Shows from the 1980s
- 37865 - Critically-acclaimed Witty Animation
- 37867 - Romantic Independent Musicals
- 37872 - Cult Workplace Comedies
- 37875 - Imaginative Father-Daughter Movies
- 37877 - Dark Courtroom TV Shows
- 37882 - Showbiz Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 37889 - Goofy Spy Action & Adventure
- 37891 - Military Dramas based on bestsellers
- 37892 - Space-Travel TV Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 37893 - Emotional Movies about Royalty
- 37895 - Dark Conspiracy TV Dramas
- 37896 - Workplace Thrillers
- 37899 - Imaginative Fight-the-System Movies
- 37905 - Romantic Independent Late Night Comedies
- 37906 - Dark TV Action & Adventure
- 37912 - Cult Workplace Movies
- 37913 - Witty Forbidden-Love Comedies
- 37917 - Teen Movies based on Bestsellers
- 37922 - Witty Buddy Dramas
- 37924 - Goofy Wilderness-survival Comedies
- 37925 - Space-Travel TV Shows from the 1980s
- 37926 - Comedies starring Rodney Perry
- 37930 - Visually-striking French-Language Comedies
- 37931 - Israeli Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 37932 - Dramas starring Tim Robbins
- 37935 - Cerebral Independent Dysfunctional-Family Movies
- 37938 - Crime TV Soaps
- 37942 - Buddy Horror Movies
- 37943 - Dark TV Dramedies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 37951 - Dark Military Social Issue Dramas
- 37953 - Belgian Comedies
- 37958 - Quirky High School TV Shows
- 37976 - Goofy Showbiz TV Sketch Comedies
- 37978 - Movies starring Jim Broadbent
- 37979 - Quirky TV Dramedies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 37983 - Romantic Showbiz Comedies from the 1980s
- 37989 - Dark Psychological 20th Century Period Pieces
- 37996 - Visually-striking Action & Adventure from the 1960s
- 38004 - Dark Conspiracy TV Shows
- 38011 - Feel-good Romantic Dramas based on classic literature
- 38013 - Visually-striking Witty Satires
- 38018 - Mother-Daughter Movies based on bestsellers
- 38022 - Emotional Showbiz Musicals
- 38024 - Emotional Showbiz 20th Century Period Pieces
- 38026 - Violent Military Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 38033 - Visually-striking Emotional French-Language Movies
- 38037 - Dysfunctional-Family Mysteries
- 38038 - Dark Drug TV Shows
- 38041 - Spy Movies based on classic literature
- 38047 - Witty Movies directed by Joel Coen
- 38050 - Visually-striking Witty Crime Movies
- 38056 - Dark TV Shows Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 38057 - Dramas starring Kim Basinger
- 38060 - Visually-striking Cerebral Experimental Movies
- 38061 - Dramas starring Jean-Louis Trintignant
- 38069 - Dramas starring Joan Allen
- 38071 - Dark Courtroom TV Dramas
- 38075 - Sentimental Bollywood Dramas
- 38079 - Sentimental Bollywood Movies
- 38080 - Inspiring Foreign Fight-the-System Dramas
- 38081 - Visually-striking Foreign Revenge Thrillers
- 38084 - Goofy Revenge Satires
- 38085 - Movies starring Jesse Eisenberg
- 38086 - Gritty Independent Psychological Thrillers
- 38087 - Emotional Foreign Fight-the-System Dramas
- 38090 - Movies starring Jamie Kennedy
- 38097 - Critically-acclaimed Biographical Comedies
- 38100 - Goofy Fairy Tale Movies
- 38104 - Romantic Gay & Lesbian Biographical Movies
- 38106 - Inspiring Bollywood Movies
- 38107 - Bollywood Movies about Marriage
- 38119 - Quirky Detective TV Shows
- 38127 - Emotional Foreign Fight-the-System Movies
- 38128 - Visually-striking Foreign Crime Action & Adventure
- 38131 - Witty Detective TV Dramas
- 38135 - Critically-acclaimed Independent Mother-Son Movies
- 38137 - Quirky Romantic French-Language Dramas
- 38138 - Visually-striking Violent Revenge Thrillers
- 38143 - Visually-striking Cerebral Independent Crime Movies
- 38148 - Horror Movies starring Jeffrey Combs
- 38150 - Inspiring Bollywood Dramas
- 38152 - Independent Heist Dramas
- 38158 - Movies starring Mike Epps
- 38169 - Cerebral British Biographical Dramas
- 38176 - Visually-striking British Action & Adventure
- 38181 - Dark Biographical Dysfunctional-Family Movies
- 38182 - Gritty 20th Century Period Pieces from the 1980s
- 38185 - Movies starring Dougray Scott
- 38196 - British Biographical Political Dramas
- 38204 - Inspiring Biographical Period Pieces
- 38205 - Horror Movies starring Tom Savini
- 38212 - Foreign Biographical Political Dramas
- 38213 - Visually-striking Scandinavian Movies
- 38222 - Sports Documentaries from the 1960s
- 38229 - British Biographical Period Pieces about Royalty
- 38231 - Witty British 20th Century Period Pieces
- 38235 - Feel-good Fashion Movies
- 38237 - Biographical Fight-the-System Dramas from the 1980s
- 38238 - Critically-acclaimed British Biographical Dramas
- 38241 - Understated Crime TV Dramas
- 38242 - Buddy Kids' TV
- 38243 - Quirky Foreign Showbiz Movies
- 38244 - Quirky Scandinavian Movies
- 38245 - Movies starring Lambert Wilson
- 38246 - Movies starring Rosario Dawson
- 38247 - Visually-striking Gory Revenge Action & Adventure
- 38249 - Romantic British Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 38250 - Sentimental Military Documentaries
- 38252 - Biographical Basketball Documentaries
- 38253 - Dramas directed by Mani Ratnam
- 38254 - German-Language Biographical Documentaries
- 38255 - Cult College Movies
- 38264 - Buddy TV Cartoons
- 38267 - Movies starring Emma Roberts
- 38271 - Violent Sports Action & Adventure
- 38273 - Understated Foreign Mid-Life-Crisis Movies
- 38279 - Visually-striking Imaginative Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 38280 - Romantic Foreign High School Dramas
- 38286 - Steamy Independent Crime Thrillers
- 38288 - Visually-striking Emotional Crime Movies
- 38294 - Movies starring Ralph Macchio
- 38295 - Gory Suspenseful Psychological Movies
- 38299 - Dark Suspenseful Movies from the 1940s
- 38302 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Suspenseful Movies