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!
- 48905 - Feel-good Social Issue Dramas
- 48907 - Dark British Dysfunctional-Family Movies
- 48909 - Unexplained Mysteries TV Documentaries
- 48915 - Exciting High School TV Shows
- 48923 - Car & Motorsport Action Thrillers
- 48925 - Inspiring Biographical Family Life Movies
- 48941 - Inspiring Nature & Ecology Documentaries
- 48956 - Critically-acclaimed Documentaries about Art & Design
- 48966 - Deep Sea TV Documentaries
- 48968 - Gory Foreign Revenge Thrillers
- 48973 - British Crime Thrillers based on classic literature
- 48975 - Dark Slice of Life Movies
- 48980 - Inspiring Family Life Documentaries
- 48987 - Cerebral Suspenseful TV Dramas
- 48993 - Car & Motorsport TV Shows
- 48994 - Visually-striking Cerebral Foreign Thrillers
- 48995 - Dark Spanish-Language Thrillers
- 49003 - Exciting Deep Sea TV Shows
- 49005 - Showbiz Historical Documentaries
- 49011 - Nature & Ecology Travel & Adventure Documentaries
- 49016 - Heartfelt Family Life Documentaries
- 49024 - Emotional TV Documentaries
- 49025 - Crime Comedies based on contemporary literature
- 49030 - Exciting Daredevil Reality TV
- 49032 - Gory Action Thrillers from the 1980s
- 49047 - UFO Documentaries
- 49054 - Secret-society Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 49056 - Slice of Life TV Shows
- 49069 - Heartfelt Slice of Life Movies
- 49070 - Feel-good Slice of Life Documentaries
- 49073 - Prehistoric Times Movies
- 49080 - British Biographical Showbiz Movies
- 49095 - Critically-acclaimed Slice of Life Movies
- 49099 - Action Thrillers starring Clint Eastwood
- 49105 - Gritty Bollywood Movies
- 49110 - Science & Technology Documentaries
- 49114 - Dark Slice of Life Documentaries
- 49121 - Emotional Family Life Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 49143 - Feel-good Slice of Life Movies
- 49149 - Critically-acclaimed Nature & Ecology Documentaries
- 49150 - Dark Biographical Slice of Life Documentaries
- 49155 - Biographical Family Life Movies
- 49169 - Fight-the-System Period Pieces based on real life
- 49185 - Exciting Daredevil TV Shows
- 49204 - Inspiring Slice of Life Documentaries
- 49211 - Prehistoric Times Science & Nature Documentaries
- 49212 - Emotional British Comedies
- 49217 - Raunchy Workplace Late Night Comedies
- 49220 - Prehistoric Times Documentaries
- 49223 - Chinese Kung Fu Movies
- 49225 - Critically-acclaimed Biographical Family Life Movies
- 49229 - Foreign Family Life Movies
- 49235 - Inspiring Nature & Ecology Movies
- 49249 - Understated Spy Dramas
- 49255 - Witty Movies about Art & Design
- 49266 - Competition Reality TV
- 49277 - Family Life Historical Documentaries
- 49284 - Controversial Horror Movies
- 49287 - Dark Slice of Life Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 49292 - Emotional British Military Movies
- 49296 - Makeover Reality TV
- 49304 - Kung Fu Comedies
- 49307 - Visually-striking Showbiz Documentaries
- 49311 - Emotional Biographical Family Life Movies
- 49313 - Cerebral Foreign Movies about Art & Design
- 49325 - Pranks & Bloopers TV Shows
- 49326 - Goofy Buddy Satires
- 49328 - Inspiring Sports Travel & Adventure Documentaries
- 49336 - British Mysteries from the 1980s
- 49347 - Gritty Slice of Life Movies
- 49371 - Understated Nature & Ecology Movies
- 49374 - Pranks & Bloopers TV Comedies
- 49385 - Quirky Foreign Dysfunctional-Family Comedies
- 49387 - Dark Nature & Ecology Movies
- 49395 - Quirky Stoner Movies
- 49399 - Heartfelt Family Life Movies
- 49410 - Emotional Biographical Family Life Documentaries
- 49419 - Car & Motorsport Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 49421 - Witty Talking-Animal TV Shows
- 49426 - Cerebral Wedding Movies
- 49431 - Family Life TV Documentaries
- 49435 - Conspiracy Theory Documentaries
- 49441 - Biographical Nature & Ecology Documentaries
- 49444 - Gory Gangster Movies
- 49445 - Cerebral Documentaries about Art & Design
- 49451 - Exciting Kids' TV from the 1980s
- 49452 - Biographical Nature & Ecology Movies
- 49455 - Exciting Nature & Ecology TV Shows
- 49458 - Cult Prison Movies
- 49465 - Cerebral Business Movies
- 49466 - Foreign Documentaries about Art & Design
- 49469 - Heartfelt Biographical Family Life Movies
- 49477 - Inspiring Slice of Life Movies
- 49492 - Gory Wilderness-survival Action & Adventure
- 49496 - Dark Family Life Movies
- 49497 - Visually-striking Slice of Life Movies
- 49499 - Violent Chinese Kung Fu Action & Adventure
- 49504 - Cerebral TV Shows Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 49505 - Feel-good Talking-Animal Movies for ages 11 to 12
- 49507 - Chinese Kung Fu Movies from the 1970s
- 49512 - Man vs. Nature
- 49519 - Chase Sci-Fi Thrillers
- 49520 - Understated Family Life Movies
- 49531 - Cerebral Nature & Ecology Documentaries
- 49536 - Biographical Family Life Documentaries
- 49537 - Chinese Kung Fu Action & Adventure
- 49539 - Heartfelt Nature & Ecology Movies
- 49546 - Emotional Israeli Dramas
- 49547 - Nature & Ecology Docuseries
- 49547 - Nature & Ecology TV Documentaries
- 49550 - German-Language Movies about Art & Design
- 49551 - Gritty Foreign Father-Son Dramas
- 49553 - Understated Independent Showbiz Dramas
- 49555 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Foreign Crime Thrillers
- 49569 - Emotional Family Life Movies
- 49587 - Slice of Life Historical Documentaries
- 49601 - Chinese Kung Fu Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 49604 - Classic Dark Italian Movies
- 49608 - Gory Korean Movies
- 49615 - British Revenge Comedies
- 49629 - Biographical Business Movies
- 49637 - Mind & Body Documentaries
- 49645 - Gritty Israeli Movies
- 49648 - Spy Dramas from the 1960s
- 49669 - Emotional Slice of Life Movies
- 49671 - Conspiracy Dramas from the 1980s
- 49680 - Dark Nature & Ecology Documentaries
- 49684 - Car & Motorsport Action & Adventure
- 49687 - Exciting Chinese Kung Fu Movies from the 1970s
- 49694 - Exciting Space-Travel TV Action & Adventure
- 49696 - Inspiring Biographical Family Life Documentaries
- 49697 - Gritty Crime TV Documentaries
- 49723 - British Forbidden-Love Period Pieces
- 49725 - Cerebral Biographical Movies about Art & Design
- 49726 - Business Historical Documentaries
- 49742 - Mind & Body Movies
- 49749 - Dark Independent Father-Son Comedies
- 49750 - Biographical Business Documentaries
- 49774 - Critically-acclaimed Business Movies
- 49778 - Car & Motorsport Dramas
- 49783 - Unexplained Mysteries Science & Nature Documentaries
- 49786 - Understated Nature & Ecology Documentaries
- 49793 - Heartfelt Slice of Life Documentaries
- 49804 - Daredevil Reality TV
- 49808 - Dutch Thrillers
- 49813 - British Movies about Art & Design
- 49819 - Historical Documentaries about Art & Design
- 49821 - Imaginative Supernatural TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 49823 - Critically-acclaimed Business Documentaries
- 49824 - UFO Movies
- 49829 - British Spy Dramas
- 49832 - Post-Apocalypse B-Horror Movies
- 49844 - Gritty Tough Jobs Reality TV
- 49855 - Exciting British Spy Movies
- 49862 - Visually-striking Dark German-Language Dramas
- 49865 - Forbidden-Love Adventures
- 49866 - Gritty Suspenseful Foreign Action Thrillers
- 49869 - Exciting Foreign Kung Fu Movies from the 1970s
- 49870 - Violent Foreign Cult Movies
- 49871 - Emotional Family Life Documentaries
- 49876 - Understated Movies about Art & Design
- 49885 - Unexplained Mysteries Movies
- 49887 - Classic Visually-striking Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 49893 - Violent Hijacking Movies
- 49894 - Daredevil TV
- 49900 - Gritty Slice of Life Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 49920 - Heartfelt Biographical Family Life Documentaries
- 49927 - Tough Jobs Reality TV
- 49932 - Car & Motorsport Reality TV
- 49944 - Car & Motorsport Movies
- 49951 - Cerebral Business Documentaries
- 49953 - Inspiring Biographical Movies about Art & Design
- 49954 - Inspiring Car & Motorsport Movies
- 49958 - Exciting Wilderness-survival TV Shows
- 49959 - Gritty Tough Jobs TV Shows
- 49960 - Family-friendly Girl Power TV Cartoons
- 49968 - Heartfelt Nature & Ecology Documentaries
- 49992 - Heartfelt Family Life Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 49995 - Biographical Car & Motorsport Movies
- 49997 - Foreign Biographical Documentaries about Art & Design
- 50008 - Conspiracy Theory Historical Documentaries
- 50016 - Dark Prison TV Shows
- 50017 - Inspiring Movies about Art & Design
- 50021 - Critically-acclaimed Biographical Slice of Life Movies
- 50028 - Competition TV Shows
- 50030 - Conspiracy Theory Movies
- 50035 - Witty Suspenseful TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy from the 1970s
- 50040 - Unexplained Mysteries Documentaries
- 50046 - Foreign Slice of Life Movies
- 50048 - Cerebral Biographical Documentaries about Art & Design
- 50057 - Cerebral Movies about Art & Design
- 50066 - Violent Korean Crime Movies
- 50075 - Computers & IT Documentaries
- 50077 - Critically-acclaimed Family Life Documentaries
- 50081 - Foreign Movies about Art & Design
- 50090 - Romantic Workplace TV Dramas
- 50091 - Gritty Suspenseful Chase Action & Adventure
- 50099 - Forbidden-Love Horror Movies
- 50106 - Emotional Dysfunctional-Family Movies from the 1980s
- 50113 - Slice of Life TV Documentaries
- 50117 - Valentine's Day Movies
- 50121 - Gritty Car & Motorsport Movies
- 50132 - Science & Technology TV Shows
- 50143 - Emotional Foreign Action & Adventure
- 50166 - Gritty Movies about Art & Design
- 50171 - Australian Dysfunctional-Family Movies
- 50174 - Cerebral Miniseries
- 50178 - Exciting Nature & Ecology TV Documentaries
- 50183 - Understated Biographical Movies about Art & Design
- 50185 - Indian Action Thrillers
- 50195 - Dark Biographical Family Life Documentaries
- 50228 - Understated Slice of Life Movies
- 50229 - Foreign Biographical Movies about Art & Design
- 50232 - Science & Technology TV Documentaries
- 50242 - Makeover TV Shows
- 50256 - Emotional Slice of Life Documentaries
- 50261 - Exciting Chinese Kung Fu Movies
- 50263 - Imaginative Fight-the-System Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 50265 - Biographical Slice of Life Movies
- 50277 - Car & Motorsport Documentaries
- 50282 - Inspiring Family Life Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 50285 - Tough Jobs TV
- 50295 - Quirky Gangster Action Comedies
- 50296 - Cerebral Nature & Ecology Movies
- 50305 - Critically-acclaimed Girl Power Animation
- 50330 - Inspiring Family Life Movies
- 50354 - Romantic Crime TV Dramas
- 50355 - Father-Son Sci-Fi Thrillers
- 50362 - Quirky Foreign Road Trip Movies
- 50375 - Critically-acclaimed Nature & Ecology Movies
- 50377 - Cerebral Biographical Showbiz Documentaries
- 50378 - Understated Documentaries about Art & Design
- 50379 - Pranks & Bloopers Reality TV
- 50382 - Classic Scary British Movies
- 50383 - TV Shows about Art & Design
- 50385 - Foreign Slice of Life Documentaries
- 50401 - Dark Suspenseful Serial-Killer TV Shows
- 50403 - Exciting Car & Motorsport Movies
- 50404 - Family-friendly High School TV Shows
- 50411 - Visually-striking Slice of Life Documentaries
- 50421 - Kung Fu Action Comedies
- 50427 - Exciting Buddy TV Shows
- 50431 - Exciting Spy TV Action & Adventure
- 50432 - Family Life TV Shows
- 50448 - Critically-acclaimed Family Life Movies
- 50458 - Emotional High School TV Dramas
- 50460 - Unexplained Mysteries Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 50461 - Computers & IT Movies
- 50462 - Animals & Nature Reality TV
- 50470 - Family Life Social & Cultural Documentaries