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
We've chosen some larger Parent Genres to group these under. Because many genres are in more than one category, they will show up multiple times, making this list much longer
Wondering why "Action" shows up twice? We don't know why, but Netflix has two different codes, and shows different movies for each!
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Crime
- 11684 - Exciting British Crime Movies
- 78372 - Exciting British Crime TV Dramas
- 77960 - Exciting British Crime TV Shows
- 61818 - Exciting Cantonese-Language Crime Movies
- 10856 - Exciting Chinese Crime Movies
- 5996 - Exciting Crime Comedies
- 9855 - Exciting Crime Dramas
- 9212 - Exciting Crime Dramas based on real life
- 9870 - Exciting Crime Movies
- 6593 - Exciting Crime Movies based on Books
- 12897 - Exciting Crime Movies based on contemporary literature
- 6029 - Exciting Crime Movies based on real life
- 11221 - Exciting Crime Movies from the 1980s
- 84634 - Exciting Crime Musicals
- 91964 - Exciting Crime Period Pieces
- 4767 - Australian Crime Dramas
- 7185 - Exciting Crime Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 39180 - Exciting Crime TV Action & Adventure
- 26272 - Exciting Crime TV Dramas
- 50831 - Exciting Crime TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 25948 - Exciting Crime TV Shows
- 4816 - Australian Crime Thrillers
- 87327 - Exciting East Asian Crime Comedies
- 87299 - Exciting East Asian Crime Dramas
- 86190 - Exciting East Asian Crime Movies
- 1229 - Belgian Crime Movies
- 74430 - Exciting Foreign Crime Comedies
- 61627 - Exciting French Crime Movies
- 7044 - Exciting French-Language Crime Movies
- 79778 - Exciting Hindi-Language Crime Movies
- 61710 - Exciting Hong Kong Crime Movies
- 7382 - Exciting Independent Crime Dramas
- 79766 - Exciting Indian Crime Movies
- 68495 - Exciting Latin American Crime Movies
- 50920 - Exciting Romantic Crime Movies
- 92502 - Exciting Romantic Foreign Crime Movies
- 3200 - British Crime Dramas
- 1164 - British Crime Dramas based on Books
- 89779 - Exciting True Crime Dramas
- 81029 - Exciting True Crime Movies
- 3615 - British Crime Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 73606 - Exciting US Crime TV Shows
- 2962 - British Independent Crime Movies
- 1714 - Campy Crime Action & Adventure
- 2915 - Campy Crime Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 6889 - Crime Dramas
- 4329 - Campy Crime Satires
- 1176 - Campy Independent Crime Comedies
- 3726 - Cerebral Crime Dramas
- 10317 - Filipino Crime Movies
- 506 - Cerebral Foreign Crime Dramas
- 9875 - Crime Documentaries
- 67463 - Foreign Biographical Crime Dramas
- 44725 - Foreign Biographical Crime Movies
- 10529 - Foreign Crime Action & Adventure
- 90312 - Foreign Crime Action & Adventure based on Real Life
- 10128 - Foreign Crime Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 8230 - Foreign Crime Comedies
- 6833 - Foreign Crime Dramas
- 67112 - Foreign Crime Dramas based on Books
- 88784 - Foreign Crime Dramas based on Contemporary Literature
- 36710 - Foreign Crime Dramas based on real life
- 10595 - Foreign Crime Dramas from the 1980s
- 8684 - Foreign Crime Movies
- 63095 - Foreign Crime Movies based on Books
- 66980 - Foreign Crime Movies based on contemporary literature
- 23682 - Foreign Crime Movies based on real life
- 85075 - Foreign Crime Musicals
- 89272 - Foreign Crime Period Pieces
- 5949 - Foreign Crime Thrillers
- 67066 - Foreign Crime Thrillers based on Books
- 2935 - Cerebral French-Language Crime Dramas
- 50813 - Foreign Crime Thrillers based on real life
- 6070 - Foreign Crime Thrillers from the 1980s
- 66803 - Foreign Crime TV Dramas
- 61138 - Foreign Crime TV Shows
- 67098 - Foreign Cult Crime Movies
- 3717 - Cerebral Independent Crime Movies
- 7139 - Foreign Gay & Lesbian Crime Movies
- 81076 - Foreign True Crime Dramas
- 81122 - Foreign True Crime Movies
- 92910 - Foreign True Crime Thrillers
- 2812 - Chinese Crime Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 2839 - Chinese Crime Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 61179 - French Crime Action & Adventure
- 58713 - French Crime Dramas
- 58846 - French Crime Movies
- 68567 - French Crime Movies based on real life
- 2942 - Chinese Crime Comedies
- 65125 - French Crime Movies from the 1980s
- 62540 - French Crime Thrillers
- 371 - Chinese Crime Dramas
- 8612 - French-Language Crime Action & Adventure
- 5952 - French-Language Crime Dramas
- 5448 - French-Language Crime Movies
- 6871 - French-Language Crime Movies from the 1980s
- 10810 - French-Language Crime Thrillers
- 37794 - Gay & Lesbian Crime Documentaries
- 7179 - Gay & Lesbian Crime Dramas
- 44674 - Gay & Lesbian Crime Dramas based on real life
- 34026 - Gay & Lesbian Crime Movies based on real life
- 5391 - Gay & Lesbian Crime Thrillers
- 60817 - German Crime Dramas
- 65522 - German Crime Thrillers
- 11797 - German-Language Crime Movies
- 34252 - German-Language Crime Thrillers
- 82813 - Golden Globe Award-winning Crime Action & Adventure
- 82538 - Golden Globe Award-winning Crime Comedies
- 82500 - Golden Globe Award-winning Crime Dramas
- 82493 - Golden Globe Award-winning Crime Movies
- 82744 - Golden Globe Award-winning Crime Movies based on Books
- 91074 - Golden Globe Award-winning Crime Movies from the 1970s
- 82681 - Golden Globe Award-winning Crime Thrillers
- 83197 - Golden Globe Award-winning Crime TV Dramas
- 83130 - Golden Globe Award-winning Crime TV Shows
- 9584 - Crime Action & Adventure
- 82775 - Golden Globe Award-winning Gritty Crime Movies
- 83102 - Golden Globe Award-winning Gritty Crime TV Shows
- 82581 - Golden Globe Award-winning True Crime Movies
- 82851 - Golden Globe Award-winning Violent Crime Movies
- 8550 - Goofy Crime Action & Adventure
- 77356 - Goofy Crime Asian Action Movies
- 44364 - Goofy Crime Late Night Comedies
- 10001 - Goofy Crime Movies
- 6941 - Goofy Crime Satires
- 36244 - Goofy Crime TV Shows
- 86392 - Goofy East Asian Crime Action & Adventure
- 87415 - Goofy East Asian Crime Comedies
- 86485 - Goofy East Asian Crime Movies
- 67418 - Goofy Foreign Crime Action & Adventure
- 6557 - Goofy Foreign Crime Movies
- 912 - Crime Action & Adventure from the 1930s
- 931 - Crime Action & Adventure from the 1940s
- 956 - Crime Action & Adventure from the 1950s
- 978 - Crime Action & Adventure from the 1960s
- 996 - Crime Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 1014 - Crime Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 2455 - Crime Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy from the 1980s
- 3740 - Crime Comedies from the 1930s
- 3765 - Crime Comedies from the 1940s
- 3786 - Crime Comedies from the 1950s
- 3805 - Crime Comedies from the 1960s
- 3826 - Crime Comedies from the 1970s
- 3852 - Crime Comedies from the 1980s
- 755 - Crime Comedies on Blu-ray
- 3698 - Crime Deadly Disasters
- 42481 - Gory Biographical Crime Movies
- 44644 - Gory British Crime Movies
- 71977 - Gory British Crime Thrillers
- 3516 - Crime Dramas based on a book from the 1970s
- 1828 - Crime Dramas based on a book from the 1980s
- 2723 - Crime Dramas based on real life
- 3713 - Crime Dramas based on real life from the 1980s
- 5787 - Gory Crime Action & Adventure
- 15427 - Gory Crime Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 77489 - Gory Crime Asian Action Movies
- 7677 - Gory Crime Dramas
- 12559 - Gory Crime Dramas based on Real Life
- 7817 - Gory Crime Movies based on Books
- 16038 - Gory Crime Movies based on Contemporary Literature
- 12065 - Gory Crime Movies based on real life
- 8437 - Gory Crime Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 2846 - Crime Historical Documentaries
- 5003 - Gory Crime Thrillers
- 52913 - Gory Crime TV Documentaries
- 2506 - Crime Late Night Comedies
- 3646 - Crime Movies based on a book from the 1940s
- 1962 - Crime Movies based on a book from the 1950s
- 198 - Crime Movies based on a book from the 1960s
- 654 - Crime Movies based on Books
- 86458 - Gory East Asian Crime Action & Adventure
- 86278 - Gory East Asian Crime Movies
- 86373 - Gory East Asian Crime Thrillers
- 2299 - Crime Sci-Fi & Fantasy from the 1970s
- 2314 - Crime Sci-Fi & Fantasy from the 1980s
- 4930 - Crime Sci-Fi & Fantasy on Blu-ray
- 40577 - Gory Foreign Crime Action & Adventure
- 7614 - Gory Foreign Crime Movies
- 2769 - Crime Sci-Fi Horror Movies
- 3375 - Crime Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 4172 - Crime Thrillers based on a book from the 1980s
- 4833 - Crime Thrillers based on real life
- 2563 - Crime Thrillers from the 1940s
- 10399 - Gory Independent Crime Movies
- 11339 - Gory Independent Crime Thrillers
- 2591 - Crime Thrillers from the 1950s
- 38618 - Gory Japanese Crime Movies
- 2617 - Crime Thrillers from the 1960s
- 67565 - Gory Korean Crime Movies
- 2646 - Crime Thrillers from the 1970s
- 2676 - Crime Thrillers from the 1980s
- 574 - Crime Time Travel Movies
- 2715 - Critically-acclaimed African-American Crime Movies
- 2388 - Critically-acclaimed British Crime Movies
- 81109 - Gory True Crime Dramas
- 80997 - Gory True Crime Movies
- 95 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Crime Dramas
- 2344 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Crime Thrillers
- 5239 - Gritty African-American Crime Action & Adventure
- 8611 - Gritty African-American Crime Movies
- 39722 - Gritty Australian Crime Movies
- 90683 - Gritty Australian Crime Thrillers
- 37426 - Gritty Biographical Crime Documentaries
- 12937 - Gritty Biographical Crime Dramas
- 13038 - Gritty Biographical Crime Movies
- 1671 - Critically-acclaimed Chinese Crime Movies
- 81105 - Gritty Biographical True Crime Dramas
- 81088 - Gritty Biographical True Crime Movies
- 91039 - Gritty Brazilian Crime Movies
- 43788 - Gritty British Crime Action & Adventure
- 89252 - Gritty British Crime Dramas based on Books
- 7886 - Gritty British Crime Movies
- 71457 - Gritty British Crime Movies based on Books
- 52211 - Gritty British Crime TV Dramas
- 52474 - Gritty British Crime TV Shows
- 72046 - Gritty British Independent Crime Dramas
- 7745 - Gritty British Independent Crime Movies
- 60733 - Gritty Cantonese-Language Crime Action & Adventure
- 59082 - Gritty Cantonese-Language Crime Movies
- 6505 - Gritty Chinese Crime Action & Adventure
- 7115 - Gritty Chinese Crime Movies
- 824 - Critically-acclaimed Controversial Crime Movies
- 6493 - Gritty Crime Action & Adventure
- 54552 - Gritty Crime Action & Adventure based on Books
- 24511 - Gritty Crime Action & Adventure based on real life
- 77343 - Gritty Crime Asian Action Movies
- 7101 - Gritty Crime Comedies
- 11734 - Gritty Crime Documentaries
- 9362 - Gritty Crime Dramas based on Books
- 17429 - Gritty Crime Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 5128 - Gritty Crime Dramas based on real life
- 59950 - Gritty Crime Made-for-TV Movies
- 80284 - Gritty Crime Mixed Martial Arts
- 11532 - Gritty Crime Movies
- 40030 - Gritty Crime Movies based on bestsellers
- 6041 - Gritty Crime Movies based on Books
- 13024 - Gritty Crime Movies based on contemporary literature
- 6640 - Gritty Crime Movies based on real life
- 26381 - Gritty Crime Movies based on real life from the 1970s
- 10643 - Gritty Crime Movies from the 1970s
- 10663 - Gritty Crime Movies from the 1980s
- 14399 - Gritty Crime Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 6368 - Gritty Crime Thrillers based on Books
- 26608 - Gritty Crime Thrillers based on real life
- 2882 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Action & Adventure
- 10949 - Gritty Crime Thrillers from the 1970s
- 33623 - Gritty Crime TV Action & Adventure
- 49697 - Gritty Crime TV Documentaries
- 26082 - Gritty Crime TV Dramas
- 25841 - Gritty Crime TV Shows