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!
- 39269 - Visually-striking Violent Sci-Fi Thrillers
- 39270 - Cerebral Romantic Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 39274 - Suspenseful TV Dramas from the 1980s
- 39293 - Romantic Indian Musicals
- 39295 - Crime TV Dramas from the 1980s
- 39296 - Family-friendly TV Shows from the 1960s
- 39298 - Space-Travel TV Action & Adventure from the 1960s
- 39308 - Romantic TV Shows from the 1970s
- 39335 - Controversial Conspiracy Documentaries
- 39336 - Exciting Romantic Foreign Movies
- 39362 - Visually-striking Cult Movies from the 1970s
- 39374 - Goofy Sitcoms from the 1980s
- 39376 - Goofy TV Comedies from the 1980s
- 39379 - Independent Father-Son Social Issue Dramas
- 39390 - Scary Revenge Action & Adventure
- 39391 - Showbiz Comedies from the 1950s
- 39424 - Imaginative Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy from the 1980s
- 39429 - Exciting Post-Apocalypse Sci-Fi Thrillers
- 39444 - Witty TV Action & Adventure from the 1960s
- 39446 - Visually-striking Violent Sci-Fi Horror Movies
- 39448 - Witty Suspenseful TV Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 39453 - Dark Suspenseful Post-Apocalypse Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 39476 - Witty TV Shows from the 1960s
- 39498 - Visually-striking Cerebral Sci-Fi Thrillers
- 39506 - Visually-striking Conspiracy Action & Adventure
- 39517 - Crime TV Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 39518 - Understated Sci-Fi Dramas
- 39526 - Emotional British Dramas based on classic literature
- 39528 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Dramas from the 1960s
- 39533 - Detective TV Dramas from the 1980s
- 39538 - Visually-striking Dark Sci-Fi & Fantasy from the 1980s
- 39553 - Visually-striking Dark Space-Travel Movies
- 39575 - Imaginative Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 39586 - Movies starring Vera Farmiga
- 39606 - Visually-striking Imaginative Comedies
- 39609 - Visually-striking Mad-Scientist Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 39613 - Sentimental Romantic Dramas from the 1960s
- 39616 - Gangster Comedies from the 1980s
- 39622 - Witty Suspenseful TV Shows from the 1970s
- 39641 - Understated Dramas about Parenthood
- 39674 - Gory Suspenseful TV Shows
- 39678 - Gory Dysfunctional-Family Movies
- 39680 - Cerebral Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 39686 - Gory TV Shows
- 39697 - Gory Suspenseful Alien Sci-Fi
- 39702 - Dark Independent Mid-Life-Crisis Dramas
- 39704 - Raunchy Showbiz TV Shows
- 39707 - Movies starring Shahid Kapur
- 39713 - Gory Suspenseful Movies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 39716 - Gory Cult Creature Features
- 39718 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 39720 - Gory Horror Movies based on real life
- 39722 - Gritty Australian Crime Movies
- 39725 - Feel-good Talking-Animal Kids' TV
- 39730 - Goofy Space-Travel TV Shows
- 39736 - Gory Father-Son Horror Movies
- 39740 - Gritty Sports TV Shows
- 39745 - Understated Showbiz Documentaries
- 39750 - Gory Serial-Killer Mysteries
- 39752 - Gory Suspenseful Foreign Serial-Killer Movies
- 39753 - Quirky TV Documentaries
- 39755 - Dark Suspenseful Spy Movies
- 39757 - Baseball Dramas based on real life
- 39758 - Understated Thrillers based on real life
- 39759 - Visually-striking Gritty British Movies
- 39761 - Visually-striking Gritty Foreign Crime Movies
- 39766 - Dark Suspenseful Drug Movies
- 39767 - Foreign Mother-Daughter Comedies
- 39769 - Dark Independent Mid-Life-Crisis Movies
- 39771 - Feel-good Buddy Children & Family Movies
- 39776 - Gory Australian Movies
- 39779 - Emotional Independent First-Love Movies
- 39786 - Gory Suspenseful TV Mysteries
- 39787 - Space-Travel TV Animated Comedies
- 39788 - Emotional Independent Immigrant-Life Movies
- 39808 - Witty Showbiz 20th Century Period Pieces
- 39814 - Emotional Independent Father-Daughter Movies
- 39821 - Critically-acclaimed Heartfelt Social Issue Dramas
- 39823 - Visually-striking Gory Horror Movies from the 1980s
- 39828 - Gory College Movies
- 39835 - Heartfelt Independent Social Issue Dramas
- 39838 - Gory Mad-Scientist Horror Movies from the 1980s
- 39842 - Gory Suspenseful Conspiracy Movies
- 39844 - Inspiring Conspiracy Movies
- 39848 - Dark Suspenseful Australian Movies
- 39849 - Controversial African-American Movies
- 39854 - Imaginative Ghost-story Movies
- 39855 - Visually-striking Gory Foreign Serial-Killer Movies
- 39859 - Cerebral Suspenseful Spy Movies
- 39867 - Gory TV Dramas
- 39871 - Gory British Dramas
- 39873 - Conspiracy Sci-Fi Horror Movies
- 39877 - Visually-striking Independent Psychological Thrillers
- 39878 - Visually-striking Exciting Sci-Fi Adventure
- 39884 - Exciting Animation
- 39898 - Emotional TV Shows about Marriage
- 39902 - Emotional Independent Father-Daughter Dramas
- 39906 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Thrillers from the 1980s
- 39907 - Gritty Reality TV
- 39914 - Gory Buddy Movies
- 39916 - Understated British Thrillers
- 39918 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Foreign Thrillers
- 39925 - Visually-striking Cerebral British Dramas
- 39927 - Emotional Independent Immigrant-Life Dramas
- 39934 - Visually-striking Cult Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 39938 - Emotional Boxing Dramas
- 39939 - Dysfunctional-Family Social Issue Dramas
- 39941 - Gory Foreign Mad-Scientist Movies
- 39945 - Critically-acclaimed Gory Suspenseful Movies
- 39951 - Raunchy Independent Showbiz Movies
- 39953 - Gory TV Mysteries
- 39954 - Gory Suspenseful TV Dramas
- 39958 - Gory Hit-man Action & Adventure
- 39960 - Inspiring Independent Social Issue Dramas
- 39977 - Emotional Foreign Military Dramas
- 39982 - Australian Serial-Killer Movies
- 39988 - Gory Cult Action & Adventure
- 39989 - Movies directed by Danny Boyle
- 39991 - Inspiring Courtroom Social Issue Dramas
- 39992 - Gory College Horror Movies
- 39999 - Cerebral Foreign Showbiz Movies
- 40001 - Gory Serial-Killer Movies based on real life
- 40006 - Gory Serial-Killer Action & Adventure
- 40020 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Workplace Movies
- 40021 - Gory Post-Apocalypse Horror Movies
- 40023 - Visually-striking Gritty Independent Crime Movies
- 40026 - Gory Suspenseful Movies based on real life
- 40030 - Gritty Crime Movies based on bestsellers
- 40042 - Gritty Foreign Serial-Killer Movies
- 40046 - Controversial TV Shows
- 40047 - Controversial Military Documentaries
- 40054 - Gritty Movies starring Al Pacino
- 40058 - Exciting TV Documentaries
- 40059 - Critically-acclaimed Quirky Father-Son Movies
- 40068 - Cerebral British Political Dramas
- 40081 - Gritty Basketball Movies
- 40084 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Military Documentaries
- 40088 - Gay & Lesbian Biographical 20th Century Period Pieces
- 40089 - Imaginative Sci-Fi Adventure for ages 11 to 12
- 40091 - Gritty TV Documentaries
- 40094 - Imaginative End-of-the-World Movies
- 40096 - Imaginative Sci-Fi Adventure for ages 8 to 10
- 40098 - Imaginative End-of-the-World Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 40109 - Critically-acclaimed Imaginative Action & Adventure
- 40113 - Controversial TV Documentaries
- 40114 - Inspiring Soccer Movies
- 40119 - Critically-acclaimed Imaginative Comedies
- 40124 - Imaginative Underdog Children & Family Movies
- 40127 - Exciting Sports TV Shows
- 40130 - Critically-acclaimed Imaginative Movies from the 1980s
- 40132 - Inspiring Biographical Fight-the-System Documentaries
- 40143 - Visually-striking Imaginative Sci-Fi Adventure
- 40145 - Violent Suspenseful Foreign Revenge Movies
- 40154 - Imaginative Fairy Tale Animation for ages 5 to 7
- 40155 - Heartfelt Independent Mother-Son Movies
- 40161 - Controversial Showbiz Movies
- 40163 - Visually-striking Imaginative Adventures
- 40170 - Imaginative Father-Son Children & Family Movies
- 40180 - Imaginative Sci-Fi Dramas
- 40192 - Cerebral Independent Father-Son Dramas
- 40199 - Cerebral TV Documentaries
- 40200 - Witty Mother-Daughter TV Shows
- 40204 - Controversial Spiritual Documentaries
- 40211 - Imaginative Comedies from the 1980s
- 40214 - Imaginative Adult Animation
- 40215 - Quirky Buddy TV Shows
- 40216 - Imaginative Talking-Animal Animation for ages 8 to 10
- 40217 - Emotional TV Shows Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 40219 - Dysfunctional-Family Slasher and Serial Killer Movies
- 40220 - Visually-striking Emotional Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 40222 - Visually-striking Imaginative Talking-Animal Movies
- 40224 - Heartfelt Military Historical Documentaries
- 40230 - Controversial Cult Movies
- 40233 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Fight-the-System Dramas
- 40235 - Imaginative Post-Apocalypse Movies
- 40236 - Visually-striking Imaginative Alien Sci-Fi
- 40240 - Exciting Reality TV
- 40243 - Dark Conspiracy Action & Adventure
- 40247 - Cerebral Sports Movies
- 40251 - Understated Suspenseful TV Dramas
- 40252 - Gory Suspenseful Viral Plague Movies
- 40255 - Witty Space-Travel TV Comedies
- 40259 - Emotional TV Dramas about Marriage
- 40262 - Quirky TV Animated Comedies
- 40263 - Heartfelt Independent Tearjerkers
- 40264 - Imaginative Space-Travel TV Shows
- 40266 - Cerebral Independent Father-Son Movies
- 40268 - Imaginative Post-Apocalypse Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 40272 - Imaginative Talking-Animal Movies for ages 11 to 12
- 40276 - Visually-striking Imaginative Suspenseful Movies
- 40278 - Witty Suspenseful Action & Adventure
- 40287 - Imaginative Conspiracy Movies
- 40298 - Imaginative Suspenseful Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 40301 - Goofy Foreign Mistaken-Identity Comedies
- 40304 - Imaginative Fairy Tale Animation for ages 8 to 10
- 40306 - Visually-striking Imaginative Sci-Fi Thrillers
- 40307 - Visually-striking Imaginative Space-Travel Movies
- 40315 - Goofy Foreign Mistaken-Identity Movies
- 40320 - Exciting Military Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 40322 - Workplace Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 40328 - Inspiring British Dramas based on real life
- 40333 - Romantic Independent Mid-Life-Crisis Dramas
- 40335 - Imaginative Talking-Animal Animation for ages 5 to 7
- 40336 - Witty British Dramas from the 1980s
- 40339 - Exciting TV Shows from the 1970s
- 40341 - Imaginative Cult Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 40342 - Imaginative Horror Movies
- 40343 - Emotional TV Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 40346 - Cerebral Crime Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 40350 - Violent Suspenseful Military Action & Adventure
- 40354 - Controversial Crime Documentaries
- 40356 - Emotional Crime Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 40363 - Imaginative TV Action & Adventure
- 40364 - Spy Adventures
- 40367 - Movies directed by Leslie Small
- 40370 - Critically-acclaimed Sentimental British Movies
- 40371 - Spy Thrillers from the 1940s
- 40381 - Gritty Suspenseful Military Action & Adventure
- 40383 - Dark Suspenseful War Movies
- 40385 - Goofy Cult Stoner Movies
- 40387 - Gritty Suspenseful Drug Movies
- 40390 - Dark Independent Forbidden-Love Movies
- 40392 - Heartfelt Australian Movies
- 40398 - Indian Crime Comedies
- 40400 - Romantic Bollywood Crime Movies
- 40402 - Comedies starring Mike Epps
- 40404 - Emotional Independent Sports Movies
- 40415 - Romantic Chinese Crime Movies
- 40417 - Dark Suspenseful Sci-Fi Horror Movies
- 40418 - Gritty Suspenseful Revenge Westerns
- 40419 - Violent Suspenseful Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 40421 - Romantic Indian Crime Dramas
- 40422 - Evil Kid Horror Movies
- 40430 - Scandinavian Crime Thrillers
- 40435 - Movies starring Rose Byrne
- 40437 - Understated Crime Comedies
- 40441 - Emotional Independent Showbiz Dramas
- 40442 - Violent French-Language Crime Thrillers
- 40443 - Witty Spy Action & Adventure
- 40455 - Visually-striking British Movies from the 1970s
- 40459 - Gritty Spanish-Language Crime Movies
- 40461 - Bollywood Crime Dramas
- 40466 - Suspenseful Conspiracy Movies based on bestsellers
- 40470 - Gritty Suspenseful Chase Movies
- 40471 - Witty Suspenseful TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 40480 - Critically-acclaimed Imaginative Suspenseful Movies
- 40482 - Visually-striking French-Language Crime Thrillers
- 40489 - Crime Reality TV
- 40508 - Witty 20th Century Period Pieces based on real life
- 40517 - Movies starring Ziyi Zhang