Netflix Secret Codes Updated November 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!
- 1788 - Raunchy Gay & Lesbian Comedies
- 1790 - Dark Spy Movies
- 1791 - Biographical Documentaries from the 1970s
- 1793 - Gritty Detective Thrillers
- 1795 - Gritty Political Action & Adventure
- 1796 - Movies starring Cameron Mitchell
- 1797 - Movies starring Maxwell Caulfield
- 1799 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Psychological Movies
- 1800 - Vocal Pop
- 1801 - Dramas directed by Volker Schlondorff
- 1803 - Thrillers starring Alain Delon
- 1804 - Comedies directed by Norman Z. McLeod
- 1805 - Dramas starring Meryl Streep
- 1807 - Imaginative Crime Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 1808 - Dramas starring Raj Babbar
- 1811 - Campy Foreign Movies from the 1970s
- 1812 - Heartfelt Tearjerkers
- 1813 - Cerebral Movies
- 1814 - Irreverent Political Movies
- 1816 - Movies starring Peter Weller
- 1817 - Comedies directed by Jules White
- 1818 - Gritty Crime Action & Adventure on Blu-ray
- 1821 - Romantic Independent Crime Dramas
- 1822 - Movies directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski
- 1824 - Biographical Documentaries from the 1980s
- 1825 - Comic Book and Superhero Movies from the 1940s
- 1827 - Movies starring Max von Sydow
- 1828 - Crime Dramas based on a book from the 1980s
- 1829 - War Tearjerkers
- 1830 - Gritty Independent Military Movies
- 1831 - Children & Family Movies from the 1930s
- 1832 - Blaxploitation Movies
- 1833 - Dramas starring Salma Hayek
- 1837 - Visually-striking Steamy Movies
- 1838 - Critically-acclaimed French-Language Movies
- 1841 - Visually-striking Scary Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 1843 - Indian Political Movies
- 1845 - Dramas directed by Amos Gitai
- 1846 - Irreverent Comic Book and Superhero Movies
- 1848 - Gay & Lesbian Biographical Dramas
- 1849 - Suspenseful Action & Adventure from the 1930s
- 1850 - Foreign Movies based on real life
- 1851 - Dramas directed by Steven Spielberg
- 1853 - Action & Adventure starring Richard Widmark
- 1855 - Suspenseful Movies starring Burt Reynolds
- 1856 - Rock & Roll Oldies
- 1859 - Movies starring Ursula Andress
- 1860 - Children & Family Movies from the 1940s
- 1861 - Action & Adventure directed by Kinji Fukasaku
- 1862 - Gritty Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 1863 - Boxing Non-fiction
- 1864 - Goofy Comedies starring Robin Williams
- 1866 - Critically-acclaimed Visually-striking Romantic Movies
- 1867 - Romantic Comedies from the 1930s
- 1869 - Movies directed by B.R. Chopra
- 1870 - Movies directed by Robert Mulligan
- 1872 - Romantic Political Dramas
- 1873 - Irreverent Political Comedies
- 1874 - Suspenseful Action & Adventure from the 1940s
- 1875 - Movies starring Charles Durning
- 1876 - Comic Book and Superhero Movies from the 1960s
- 1877 - Gory British Movies
- 1878 - British Animal Tales
- 1879 - Foreign Gay & Lesbian Comedies
- 1882 - Critically-acclaimed Irreverent Independent Movies
- 1883 - Children & Family Movies from the 1950s
- 1884 - Scandinavian Crime Movies
- 1886 - Critically-acclaimed Dark War Dramas
- 1887 - Quirky Crime Movies on Blu-ray
- 1889 - Romantic Comedies from the 1940s
- 1890 - Movies starring Jennifer Lopez
- 1891 - Gritty Courtroom Dramas
- 1893 - Visually-striking Dark Independent Dramas
- 1894 - Action & Adventure starring Johnny Mack Brown
- 1895 - Dramas directed by Kinji Fukasaku
- 1896 - Movies starring Olivia de Havilland
- 1899 - Suspenseful Action & Adventure from the 1950s
- 1900 - Movies starring Don Johnson
- 1901 - Movies directed by Charles Chaplin
- 1903 - Thrillers starring Warner Oland
- 1906 - Skateboarding Non-fiction
- 1907 - Understated French-Language Dramas
- 1909 - Children & Family Movies from the 1960s
- 1910 - Dark Showbiz Dramas
- 1911 - Political Satires from the 1970s
- 1912 - Feel-good Cult Comedies
- 1913 - Dramas starring Shabana Azmi
- 1914 - Movies starring Laurence Fishburne
- 1915 - Romantic Comedies from the 1950s
- 1916 - Gory Action & Adventure on Blu-ray
- 1917 - Movies starring Daniel Wu
- 1918 - Goofy Teen Coming-of-age Movies
- 1919 - Critically-acclaimed Understated British Movies
- 1920 - Suspenseful Action & Adventure from the 1960s
- 1921 - Education & Guidance directed by Greg Bailey
- 1922 - Gritty African-American Dramas
- 1923 - Military Action & Adventure from the 1940s
- 1924 - Visually-striking Dramas on Blu-ray
- 1925 - Comic Book and Superhero Movies from the 1980s
- 1926 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 1927 - Violent Foreign Action & Adventure
- 1928 - Emotional War Dramas based on Books
- 1929 - Children & Family Movies from the 1970s
- 1930 - Critically-acclaimed Courtroom Movies from the 1980s
- 1932 - Romantic Comedies from the 1960s
- 1934 - Movies starring Beverly D'Angelo
- 1935 - Suspenseful Movies starring Dennis Quaid
- 1936 - Foreign Action & Adventure from the 1950s
- 1938 - Suspenseful Movies starring Antonio Banderas
- 1939 - Movies starring Sunil Shetty
- 1940 - Movies starring James Coburn
- 1941 - Suspenseful Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 1942 - Emotional Foreign Movies
- 1943 - Emotional Independent Crime Movies
- 1944 - Movies directed by Jonathan Demme
- 1945 - Military Action & Adventure from the 1950s
- 1946 - Steamy Independent Crime Movies
- 1947 - Feel-good Movies from the 1930s
- 1948 - Controversial Comedies
- 1949 - Movies starring C. Thomas Howell
- 1951 - Children & Family Movies from the 1980s
- 1952 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Foreign Movies
- 1954 - Visually-striking Witty Movies
- 1955 - Romantic Comedies from the 1970s
- 1956 - Movies directed by Ford Beebe
- 1957 - Visually-striking Foreign Dramas
- 1958 - Foreign Action & Adventure from the 1960s
- 1960 - Movies directed by John Boorman
- 1961 - Psychological Dramas from the 1940s
- 1962 - Crime Movies based on a book from the 1950s
- 1963 - Suspenseful Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 1964 - Violent Crime Action & Adventure
- 1965 - Military Action & Adventure from the 1960s
- 1967 - Dramas starring Robert Mitchum
- 1968 - Feel-good Coming-of-age Movies
- 1969 - Feel-good Movies from the 1940s
- 1970 - Independent Comedies based on Books
- 1971 - Suspenseful Spy Dramas
- 1972 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional War Dramas
- 1974 - Dark Scandinavian Movies
- 1975 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Dramas
- 1976 - Movies starring Rock Hudson
- 1977 - Movies starring Robert Duvall
- 1978 - Education & Guidance starring Elmo
- 1979 - Latin American Political Movies
- 1980 - Romantic Comedies from the 1980s
- 1982 - Gritty Showbiz Movies
- 1983 - Dark Thrillers from the 1940s
- 1984 - Foreign Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 1986 - Inspiring Animal Tales
- 1988 - Critically-acclaimed Irreverent Comedies
- 1989 - Korean Dramas
- 1990 - Critically-acclaimed Mysteries from the 1940s
- 1992 - Military Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 1993 - Filipino Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 1995 - Romantic African-American Comedies
- 1997 - Critically-acclaimed Fantasy
- 1998 - Emotional Biographical Movies
- 1999 - Feel-good Movies from the 1950s
- 2001 - Inspiring Sports Movies based on real life
- 2004 - Movies starring Alec Baldwin
- 2005 - Quirky Children & Family Movies from the 1980s
- 2007 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Movies from the 1940s
- 2009 - Fantasy Movies based on Children's Books
- 2010 - Filipino Horror Movies
- 2011 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Dramas from the 1980s
- 2012 - Dark Westerns
- 2014 - Martial Arts Movies starring Chuck Norris
- 2015 - Foreign Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 2019 - Critically-acclaimed Mysteries from the 1950s
- 2020 - Scary Thrillers from the 1940s
- 2021 - Goofy Coming-of-age Movies
- 2022 - Military Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 2023 - Steamy Mysteries
- 2024 - Critically-acclaimed Exciting Movies on Blu-ray
- 2025 - Dramas starring Julianne Moore
- 2026 - Feel-good Movies from the 1960s
- 2027 - Feel-good Independent Comedies
- 2030 - Australian Comedies
- 2031 - Thrillers starring C. Thomas Howell
- 2032 - Movies directed by Henry Jaglom
- 2034 - Inspiring Movies based on Books
- 2039 - Dark Thrillers from the 1960s
- 2040 - Violent Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 2041 - Movies starring Jude Law
- 2045 - Movies starring Kajol
- 2046 - Movies starring Costas Mandylor
- 2047 - Action & Adventure starring Fei Meng
- 2048 - Scary Psychological Movies
- 2049 - Steamy Foreign Horror Movies from the 1970s
- 2050 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic British Dramas
- 2051 - Dark French-Language Thrillers
- 2052 - Feel-good Movies from the 1970s
- 2053 - Gay & Lesbian Showbiz Comedies
- 2056 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Movies from the 1960s
- 2057 - Gory Military Action & Adventure on Blu-ray
- 2058 - French-Language Comedies
- 2059 - Violent Movies on Blu-ray from the 1980s
- 2063 - Movies starring Gene Tierney
- 2064 - Dark Thrillers from the 1970s
- 2065 - Comedies directed by Carl Reiner
- 2066 - Psychological Dramas from the 1980s
- 2069 - Critically-acclaimed Mysteries from the 1970s
- 2070 - Critically-acclaimed Mockumentaries
- 2071 - Scary Thrillers from the 1960s
- 2072 - Comic Book and Superhero Movies for ages 11 to 12
- 2073 - Gritty Crime Dramas from the 1940s
- 2074 - Movies starring Lon Chaney Jr.
- 2075 - Martial Arts Movies directed by Godfrey Ho
- 2077 - Witty Independent Movies
- 2078 - Gritty Thrillers from the 1940s
- 2079 - Feel-good Movies from the 1980s
- 2080 - Scary Westerns
- 2081 - African-American Military Movies
- 2082 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Movies from the 1970s
- 2083 - Dramas starring Russell Crowe
- 2085 - Action & Adventure starring Anthony Quinn
- 2087 - German-Language Political Dramas
- 2088 - Feel-good Westerns
- 2089 - Dark Thrillers from the 1980s
- 2092 - Imaginative Sci-Fi & Fantasy based on Books
- 2093 - Slapstick Comedies for ages 11 to 12
- 2094 - Scary Thrillers from the 1970s
- 2095 - Movies starring Aidan Quinn
- 2097 - Gritty Crime Dramas from the 1950s
- 2098 - Movies directed by John Duigan
- 2099 - Suspenseful Gay & Lesbian Psychological Movies
- 2100 - Movies starring Kate Beckinsale
- 2101 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Movies from the 1980s
- 2103 - French-Language Coming-of-age Movies
- 2104 - Visually-striking Suspenseful Movies
- 2105 - Movies starring Nanda
- 2106 - Movies starring Bill Cosby
- 2107 - Movies starring Sam Neill
- 2108 - Witty Crime Thrillers
- 2109 - Gritty Sports Movies
- 2110 - Scary Crime Movies on Blu-ray
- 2111 - Comedies starring Jamie Foxx
- 2112 - Scary Thrillers from the 1980s
- 2113 - Movies starring George Burns
- 2114 - Gritty Crime Dramas from the 1960s
- 2115 - Movies directed by Jean Rollin
- 2116 - Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy based on Books
- 2117 - Gritty Thrillers from the 1960s
- 2118 - Dark Independent Political Movies
- 2119 - Raunchy Crime Action & Adventure
- 2122 - Mind-bending Independent Comedies
- 2123 - Irreverent British Independent Comedies
- 2124 - Gritty Independent Crime Movies
- 2125 - Military Action & Adventure