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
- 8183 - Gritty Crime Westerns
- 40615 - Gritty Crime Westerns based on real life
- 11034 - Gritty Crime Westerns from the 1970s
- 44798 - Gritty Cult Crime Movies
- 1975 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Dramas
- 4848 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Dramas based on Books
- 1484 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Dramas based on real life
- 585 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Movies based on Books
- 87243 - Gritty East Asian Crime Action & Adventure
- 86876 - Gritty East Asian Crime Dramas
- 87660 - Gritty East Asian Crime Movies
- 87780 - Gritty East Asian Crime Thrillers
- 1192 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Movies based on real life
- 4979 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Movies from the 1930s
- 214 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Movies on Blu-ray
- 638 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 8309 - Gritty Foreign Crime Action & Adventure
- 3599 - Critically-acclaimed Cult Crime Movies
- 8100 - Gritty Foreign Crime Dramas
- 62298 - Gritty Foreign Crime Dramas based on real life
- 10555 - Gritty Foreign Crime Movies
- 40614 - Gritty Foreign Crime Movies based on real life
- 9827 - Gritty Foreign Crime Thrillers
- 81869 - Gritty Foreign True Crime Movies
- 73469 - Gritty French Crime Action & Adventure
- 60345 - Gritty French Crime Movies
- 61383 - Gritty German Crime Movies
- 87987 - Gritty Hindi-Language Crime Dramas
- 78276 - Gritty Hindi-Language Crime Movies
- 59925 - Gritty Hong Kong Crime Action & Adventure
- 61127 - Gritty Hong Kong Crime Movies
- 6271 - Gritty Independent Crime Action & Adventure
- 87982 - Gritty Indian Crime Dramas
- 78258 - Gritty Indian Crime Movies
- 47082 - Gritty Italian Crime Action & Adventure
- 5034 - Gritty Italian Crime Movies
- 61087 - Gritty Italian-Language Crime Movies
- 47750 - Gritty Korean Crime Movies
- 61581 - Gritty Latin American Crime Action & Adventure
- 59279 - Gritty Latin American Crime Dramas
- 39130 - Gritty Latin American Crime Movies
- 65476 - Gritty Latin American Crime Thrillers
- 24428 - Gritty Mexican Crime Movies
- 90597 - Gritty Mexican Crime Thrillers
- 1285 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Crime Dramas
- 53625 - Gritty Spanish-Language Crime Action & Adventure
- 54768 - Gritty Spanish-Language Crime Dramas
- 40459 - Gritty Spanish-Language Crime Movies
- 55539 - Gritty Spanish-Language Crime Thrillers
- 3626 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Crime Action & Adventure
- 2861 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Crime Dramas
- 4958 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Crime Movies
- 3263 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Crime Thrillers
- 81127 - Gritty Suspenseful True Crime Movies
- 80999 - Gritty True Crime 20th Century Period Pieces
- 81000 - Gritty True Crime Action & Adventure
- 80942 - Gritty True Crime Dramas
- 81120 - Gritty True Crime Dramas based on Books
- 80951 - Gritty True Crime Movies
- 81116 - Gritty True Crime Movies based on Books
- 81025 - Gritty True Crime Movies from the 1970s
- 81103 - Gritty True Crime Thrillers
- 75208 - Gritty US Crime TV Dramas
- 2305 - Critically-acclaimed French-Language Crime Dramas
- 4940 - Critically-acclaimed French-Language Crime Movies
- 3002 - Critically-acclaimed Gay & Lesbian Crime Movies
- 4185 - Critically-acclaimed Goofy Crime Movies
- 81758 - Hebrew-Language Crime Movies
- 4576 - Critically-acclaimed Gory Crime Movies
- 871 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Crime Dramas
- 61315 - Hindi-Language Crime Action & Adventure
- 64292 - Hindi-Language Crime Comedies
- 64229 - Hindi-Language Crime Dramas
- 58790 - Hindi-Language Crime Movies
- 84743 - Hindi-Language Crime Musicals
- 65515 - Hindi-Language Crime Thrillers
- 3352 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Independent Crime Dramas
- 64462 - Hong Kong Crime Action & Adventure
- 63529 - Hong Kong Crime Dramas
- 60114 - Hong Kong Crime Movies
- 59189 - Hong Kong Crime Movies from the 1980s
- 60053 - Hong Kong Crime Thrillers
- 2566 - Critically-acclaimed Independent Crime Movies
- 3551 - Critically-acclaimed Independent Crime Thrillers
- 4782 - Critically-acclaimed Irreverent Crime Comedies
- 609 - Critically-acclaimed Irreverent Crime Movies
- 9836 - Independent Crime Action & Adventure
- 10431 - Independent Crime Comedies
- 5780 - Independent Crime Dramas
- 8283 - Independent Crime Dramas based on real life
- 8268 - Independent Crime Movies
- 11584 - Independent Crime Movies based on Books
- 8526 - Independent Crime Movies based on real life
- 5227 - Independent Crime Thrillers
- 4408 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic Crime Dramas
- 4653 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic Crime Movies
- 81148 - Independent True Crime Dramas
- 81033 - Independent True Crime Movies
- 40398 - Indian Crime Comedies
- 5545 - Indian Crime Dramas
- 8641 - Indian Crime Movies
- 84974 - Indian Crime Musicals
- 10013 - Indian Crime Thrillers
- 4916 - Critically-acclaimed Scary Crime Thrillers
- 501 - Critically-acclaimed Steamy Crime Movies
- 60676 - Irish Crime Movies
- 9489 - Irreverent Crime Action & Adventure
- 9612 - Irreverent Crime Movies
- 6034 - Israeli Crime Movies
- 10199 - Italian Crime Action & Adventure
- 67919 - Italian Crime Movies based on real life
- 65460 - Italian-Language Crime Action & Adventure
- 62146 - Italian-Language Crime Dramas
- 61519 - Italian-Language Crime Movies
- 8899 - Japanese Crime Dramas
- 10911 - Japanese Crime Movies
- 660 - Critically-acclaimed Violent Crime Action & Adventure
- 3715 - Critically-acclaimed Violent Crime Movies
- 29 - Critically-acclaimed Violent Crime Movies on Blu-ray
- 8239 - Korean Crime Action & Adventure
- 77361 - Korean Crime Comedies
- 5101 - Korean Crime Dramas
- 7210 - Korean Crime Movies
- 60770 - Latin American Crime Action & Adventure
- 89023 - Latin American Crime Documentaries
- 7968 - Latin American Crime Dramas
- 10168 - Latin American Crime Thrillers
- 90588 - Latin American Independent Crime Movies
- 1331 - Critically-acclaimed Witty Crime Comedies
- 364 - Critically-acclaimed Witty Crime Thrillers
- 6053 - Mexican Crime Dramas
- 14477 - Mexican Crime Thrillers
- 74891 - Middle Eastern Crime Dramas
- 63458 - Middle Eastern Crime Movies
- 1571 - Cult Crime Comedies
- 475 - Cult Crime Movies from the 1960s
- 510 - Cult Crime Movies from the 1970s
- 538 - Cult Crime Movies from the 1980s
- 9589 - Mind-bending Crime Thrillers
- 26126 - Crime TV Documentaries
- 59837 - New Zealand Crime Movies
- 83539 - Ominous British Crime Movies
- 83546 - Ominous Crime Dramas
- 83386 - Ominous Crime Movies
- 83389 - Ominous Crime Thrillers
- 87841 - Ominous Crime TV Dramas
- 87847 - Ominous Crime TV Shows
- 83528 - Ominous Foreign Crime Movies
- 83531 - Ominous Independent Crime Movies
- 73076 - Oscar-winning Crime Action & Adventure
- 73265 - Oscar-winning Crime Dramas
- 72894 - Oscar-winning Crime Dramas based on Books
- 69806 - Oscar-winning Crime Movies
- 73189 - Oscar-winning Crime Movies based on Books
- 73051 - Oscar-winning Crime Movies based on real life
- 73164 - Oscar-winning Crime Movies from the 1970s
- 73227 - Oscar-winning Crime Thrillers
- 73242 - Oscar-winning Gritty Crime Movies
- 81027 - Oscar-winning True Crime Movies
- 72790 - Oscar-winning Violent Crime Movies
- 73261 - Oscar-winning Visually-striking Crime Dramas
- 73148 - Oscar-winning Visually-striking Crime Movies
- 76654 - Provocative Crime Documentaries
- 76578 - Provocative Crime Movies
- 89307 - Provocative Crime Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 10156 - Quirky Crime Action & Adventure
- 11847 - Quirky Crime Comedies
- 10672 - Quirky Crime Dramas
- 9895 - Quirky Crime Movies
- 26002 - Quirky Crime Movies based on Real Life
- 45832 - Quirky Crime TV Comedies
- 25850 - Quirky Crime TV Dramas
- 26084 - Quirky Crime TV Dramedies
- 25967 - Quirky Crime TV Shows
- 86618 - Quirky East Asian Crime Movies
- 5073 - Quirky Foreign Crime Action & Adventure
- 9497 - Quirky Foreign Crime Dramas
- 10746 - Quirky Independent Crime Thrillers
- 7685 - Raunchy Crime Comedies
- 10977 - Raunchy Crime Slapstick Comedies
- 41963 - Raunchy Foreign Crime Movies
- 24 - Eastern European Crime Dramas
- 2169 - Emotional Crime Dramas from the 1980s
- 4523 - Emotional Crime Movies from the 1980s
- 40400 - Romantic Bollywood Crime Movies
- 2256 - Emotional Foreign Crime Movies
- 1943 - Emotional Independent Crime Movies
- 40415 - Romantic Chinese Crime Movies
- 5100 - Romantic Crime Comedies
- 6124 - Romantic Crime Dramas
- 8750 - Romantic Crime Dramas based on Books
- 37117 - Romantic Crime Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 8656 - Romantic Crime Movies
- 7813 - Romantic Crime Movies based on Books
- 16883 - Romantic Crime Movies based on contemporary literature
- 25599 - Romantic Crime Movies based on real life
- 16903 - Romantic Crime Period Pieces
- 8512 - Romantic Crime Thrillers
- 50354 - Romantic Crime TV Dramas
- 25931 - Romantic Crime TV Shows
- 85837 - Romantic East Asian Crime Dramas
- 86121 - Romantic East Asian Crime Movies
- 17120 - Romantic Foreign Crime Action & Adventure
- 40527 - Romantic Foreign Crime Comedies
- 5985 - Romantic Foreign Crime Movies
- 17169 - Romantic Foreign Crime Thrillers
- 17136 - Romantic Gay & Lesbian Crime Dramas
- 16802 - Romantic Gay & Lesbian Crime Movies
- 62120 - Romantic Hindi-Language Crime Dramas
- 64485 - Romantic Hindi-Language Crime Movies
- 4110 - Exciting Crime Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 4904 - Exciting Crime Sci-Fi Thrillers
- 40421 - Romantic Indian Crime Dramas
- 34794 - Romantic Indian Crime Movies
- 1489 - Exciting Foreign Crime Dramas
- 2448 - Exciting Foreign Crime Movies
- 79673 - Romantic Latin American Crime Movies
- 4375 - Exciting Independent Crime Movies
- 64306 - Romantic Spanish Crime Movies
- 32936 - Romantic Spanish-Language Crime Movies
- 2796 - Experimental Crime Movies
- 78513 - Scandinavian Crime Movies based on Books
- 40430 - Scandinavian Crime Thrillers
- 78515 - Scandinavian Crime Thrillers based on Books
- 78113 - Scandinavian Crime TV Dramas
- 77943 - Scandinavian Crime TV Shows
- 6433 - Scary Crime Action & Adventure
- 11460 - Scary Crime Dramas
- 8676 - Scary Crime Movies from the 1980s
- 6652 - Scary Crime Thrillers
- 43289 - Scary Crime TV Dramas
- 25977 - Scary Crime TV Shows
- 9331 - Scary Foreign Crime Movies
- 58985 - Scary French Crime Movies
- 10424 - Scary Independent Crime Thrillers
- 340 - Foreign Crime Documentaries
- 455 - Foreign Crime Movies from the 1950s
- 479 - Foreign Crime Movies from the 1960s
- 515 - Foreign Crime Movies from the 1970s
- 543 - Foreign Crime Movies from the 1980s
- 4311 - Foreign Crime Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 2496 - Foreign Gay & Lesbian Crime Dramas
- 59488 - Southeast Asian Crime Action & Adventure
- 69745 - Southeast Asian Crime Dramas
- 61222 - Southeast Asian Crime Movies
- 59079 - Spanish Crime Action & Adventure
- 61853 - Spanish Crime Comedies
- 60646 - Spanish Crime Dramas
- 62689 - Spanish Crime Movies
- 61984 - Spanish Crime Thrillers