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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Documentaries
- 90393 - Foreign Music & Concert Documentaries
- 9527 - Foreign Political Documentaries
- 9431 - Foreign Political Historical Documentaries
- 80233 - Foreign Science & Technology Documentaries
- 37801 - Foreign Showbiz Documentaries
- 79616 - Foreign Showbiz Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 50385 - Foreign Slice of Life Documentaries
- 78678 - Foreign Slice of Life Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 10775 - Foreign Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 84463 - Foreign Social & Cultural Documentaries about Food
- 12414 - Foreign Sports Documentaries
- 79428 - Foreign Sports Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 64992 - Foreign Travel & Adventure Documentaries
- 71534 - Foreign WWII Documentaries
- 44864 - Forensics TV Documentaries
- 60176 - French Biographical Documentaries
- 73054 - French Showbiz Documentaries
- 62364 - French Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 5312 - French-Language Biographical Documentaries
- 83474 - French-Language Showbiz Documentaries
- 83117 - French-Language Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 13451 - Gambling Documentaries
- 76980 - Gangster Documentaries
- 76943 - Gangster TV Documentaries
- 7916 - Gay & Lesbian Biographical Documentaries
- 37794 - Gay & Lesbian Crime Documentaries
- 33366 - Gay & Lesbian Fight-the-System Documentaries
- 8621 - Gay & Lesbian Political Documentaries
- 64421 - German Biographical Documentaries
- 91497 - German Biographical Documentaries about Art & Design
- 72552 - German Documentaries about Art & Design
- 81263 - German Political Documentaries
- 62671 - German Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 84449 - German Sports Documentaries
- 38254 - German-Language Biographical Documentaries
- 7538 - German-Language Documentaries
- 6257 - German-Language Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 88278 - German-Language Sports Documentaries
- 93098 - Golf Documentaries
- 1690 - Controversial Documentaries
- 1070 - Controversial Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 1078 - Courtroom Documentaries
- 2846 - Crime Historical Documentaries
- 52913 - Gory Crime TV Documentaries
- 3375 - Crime Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 3611 - Critically-acclaimed Biographical Documentaries
- 53228 - Gory TV Documentaries
- 37426 - Gritty Biographical Crime Documentaries
- 9089 - Gritty Biographical Documentaries
- 75190 - Gritty Biographical Drug Documentaries
- 74785 - Gritty Biographical Military Documentaries
- 90481 - Gritty Biographical Music & Concert Documentaries
- 84300 - Gritty Biographical Slice of Life Documentaries
- 69479 - Gritty Biographical Sports Documentaries
- 76766 - Gritty Boxing Documentaries
- 69658 - Gritty British Documentaries
- 11734 - Gritty Crime Documentaries
- 14399 - Gritty Crime Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 49697 - Gritty Crime TV Documentaries
- 91171 - Gritty Documentaries about Art & Design
- 18463 - Gritty Drug Documentaries
- 33388 - Gritty Drug Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 79885 - Gritty Fight-the-System Documentaries
- 77935 - Gritty Foreign Biographical Documentaries
- 1280 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Documentaries
- 15209 - Gritty Historical Documentaries
- 3160 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Political Documentaries
- 6663 - Gritty Military Documentaries
- 24286 - Gritty Military Historical Documentaries
- 90438 - Gritty Music & Concert Documentaries
- 10865 - Gritty Political Documentaries
- 83837 - Gritty Prison Documentaries
- 50638 - Gritty Slice of Life Documentaries
- 49900 - Gritty Slice of Life Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 6098 - Gritty Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 76235 - Gritty Sports Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 3482 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Documentaries
- 40091 - Gritty TV Documentaries
- 70269 - Gritty WWII Documentaries
- 22680 - Heartfelt Biographical Documentaries
- 49920 - Heartfelt Biographical Family Life Documentaries
- 90423 - Heartfelt Biographical Music & Concert Documentaries
- 33211 - Heartfelt Biographical Spiritual Documentaries
- 69606 - Heartfelt Biographical Sports Documentaries
- 90755 - Heartfelt British Biographical Documentaries
- 81287 - Heartfelt British Documentaries
- 77921 - Heartfelt Business Documentaries
- 80035 - Heartfelt Business Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 16122 - Heartfelt Documentaries
- 49016 - Heartfelt Family Life Documentaries
- 49992 - Heartfelt Family Life Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 26879 - Heartfelt Fight-the-System Documentaries
- 37004 - Heartfelt Foreign Biographical Documentaries
- 34370 - Heartfelt Foreign Documentaries
- 24105 - Heartfelt Historical Documentaries
- 33679 - Heartfelt Military Documentaries
- 40224 - Heartfelt Military Historical Documentaries
- 90399 - Heartfelt Music & Concert Documentaries
- 49968 - Heartfelt Nature & Ecology Documentaries
- 21768 - Heartfelt Political Documentaries
- 33655 - Heartfelt Political Historical Documentaries
- 90414 - Heartfelt Road Trip Documentaries
- 23557 - Heartfelt Science & Nature Documentaries
- 49793 - Heartfelt Slice of Life Documentaries
- 16666 - Heartfelt Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 23886 - Heartfelt Spiritual Documentaries
- 33253 - Heartfelt Sports Documentaries
- 89319 - Heartfelt Sports Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 36724 - Heartfelt Underdog Documentaries
- 71825 - Heartfelt WWII Documentaries
- 62030 - Hebrew-Language Documentaries
- 83230 - Hebrew-Language Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 22550 - High School Documentaries
- 24529 - High School Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 82138 - High-Octane Documentaries
- 81802 - High-Octane Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 49819 - Historical Documentaries about Art & Design
- 88724 - Historical Documentaries about Food
- 13918 - Historical Documentaries directed by Ken Burns
- 73736 - Historical Documentaries for ages 11 to 12
- 74228 - Historical Documentaries for ages 8 to 10
- 51711 - Historical Science & Technology Documentaries
- 83185 - Hockey Documentaries
- 76167 - Imaginative Biographical Documentaries
- 50232 - Science & Technology TV Documentaries
- 14121 - Imaginative Documentaries
- 4398 - Critically-acclaimed Inspiring Documentaries
- 91871 - Imaginative Showbiz Documentaries
- 71991 - Imaginative Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 4252 - Critically-acclaimed Political Documentaries
- 69763 - Imaginative TV Documentaries
- 17956 - Immigrant-Life Documentaries
- 24677 - Immigrant-Life Historical Documentaries
- 19924 - Immigrant-Life Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 54671 - Immigrant-Life TV Documentaries
- 51710 - Indian Documentaries
- 24410 - Inspiring African-American Documentaries
- 76767 - Inspiring Basketball Documentaries
- 91058 - Inspiring Biographical Basketball Documentaries
- 49696 - Inspiring Biographical Family Life Documentaries
- 40132 - Inspiring Biographical Fight-the-System Documentaries
- 74896 - Inspiring Biographical High School Documentaries
- 90450 - Inspiring Biographical Music & Concert Documentaries
- 90865 - Inspiring Biographical Nature & Ecology Documentaries
- 24686 - Inspiring Biographical Political Documentaries
- 74591 - Inspiring Biographical Science & Nature Documentaries
- 74671 - Inspiring Biographical Showbiz Documentaries
- 75325 - Inspiring Biographical Slice of Life Documentaries
- 16491 - Inspiring Biographical Spiritual Documentaries
- 34301 - Inspiring Biographical Sports Documentaries
- 56113 - Inspiring Biographical Underdog Documentaries
- 80199 - Inspiring British Biographical Documentaries
- 62780 - Inspiring British Documentaries
- 90416 - Inspiring British Music & Concert Documentaries
- 90885 - Inspiring British Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 55814 - Inspiring Business Documentaries
- 75002 - Inspiring Business Science & Nature Documentaries
- 91175 - Inspiring Canadian Documentaries
- 84188 - Inspiring Dance Documentaries
- 7157 - Inspiring Documentaries
- 48897 - Inspiring Documentaries about Art & Design
- 68357 - Inspiring Documentaries for ages 11 to 12
- 68351 - Inspiring Documentaries for ages 8 to 10
- 48980 - Inspiring Family Life Documentaries
- 50282 - Inspiring Family Life Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 74932 - Inspiring Father-Son Documentaries
- 27670 - Inspiring Fight-the-System Documentaries
- 2411 - Critically-acclaimed Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 82959 - Inspiring Football Documentaries
- 39099 - Inspiring Foreign Biographical Documentaries
- 24418 - Inspiring Foreign Documentaries
- 91907 - Inspiring Foreign Political Documentaries
- 71817 - Inspiring Foreign Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 73552 - Inspiring Gay & Lesbian Biographical Documentaries
- 37660 - Inspiring Gay & Lesbian Documentaries
- 90026 - Inspiring German Documentaries
- 42964 - Inspiring High School Documentaries
- 51497 - Inspiring High School Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 5393 - Inspiring Historical Documentaries
- 48567 - Inspiring Immigrant-Life Documentaries
- 69885 - Inspiring Jewish Documentaries
- 69587 - Inspiring Latin American Documentaries
- 90362 - Inspiring Music & Concert Documentaries
- 48941 - Inspiring Nature & Ecology Documentaries
- 34035 - Inspiring Political Historical Documentaries
- 73359 - Inspiring Religious Documentaries
- 45390 - Inspiring Road Trip Documentaries
- 80168 - Inspiring Scandinavian Documentaries
- 15576 - Inspiring Science & Nature Documentaries
- 51975 - Inspiring Science & Technology Documentaries
- 39187 - Inspiring Showbiz Documentaries
- 49204 - Inspiring Slice of Life Documentaries
- 11742 - Inspiring Spiritual Documentaries
- 40670 - Inspiring Sports Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 49328 - Inspiring Sports Travel & Adventure Documentaries
- 24475 - Inspiring Travel & Adventure Documentaries
- 27548 - Inspiring Underdog Documentaries
- 82288 - Inspiring Workplace Documentaries
- 70619 - Inspiring WWII Documentaries
- 48786 - Investigative TV Documentaries
- 63557 - Irish Documentaries
- 15437 - Israeli Documentaries
- 88719 - Israeli Political Documentaries
- 56454 - Israeli Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 9639 - Italian Biographical Documentaries
- 11545 - Italian Documentaries
- 60864 - Italian-Language Documentaries
- 23947 - Jewish Biographical Documentaries
- 9274 - Jewish Documentaries
- 10010 - Jewish Historical Documentaries
- 8462 - Jewish Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 13907 - Ken Burns Documentaries
- 63204 - Korean Documentaries
- 64180 - Latin American Biographical Documentaries
- 89023 - Latin American Crime Documentaries
- 76260 - Latin American Historical Documentaries
- 77211 - Latin American Political Documentaries
- 61707 - Latin American Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 61568 - Latin American Sports Documentaries
- 72131 - Lesbian Biographical Documentaries
- 72055 - Lesbian Documentaries
- 72045 - Lesbian Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 74240 - Middle Eastern Biographical Documentaries
- 83494 - Middle Eastern Historical Documentaries
- 63366 - Middle Eastern Political Documentaries
- 63195 - Middle Eastern Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 9951 - Military Documentaries from the 1980s
- 7790 - Military Historical Documentaries
- 26281 - Military TV Documentaries
- 79464 - Military TV Documentaries from the 1990s
- 49637 - Mind & Body Documentaries
- 73577 - Mind & Body TV Documentaries
- 7018 - Political Documentaries
- 23506 - Mother-Daughter Documentaries
- 31026 - Mother-Son Documentaries
- 26126 - Crime TV Documentaries
- 1783 - Dark Documentaries
- 2225 - Dark Historical Documentaries
- 1607 - Dark Military Historical Documentaries
- 4256 - Dark Political Historical Documentaries
- 90361 - Music & Concert Documentaries
- 2667 - Dark Spiritual Documentaries
- 2785 - Dark War Documentaries
- 213 - Discovery Channel Documentaries
- 319 - Documentaries from the 1930s
- 342 - Documentaries from the 1940s
- 367 - Documentaries from the 1950s
- 393 - Documentaries from the 1960s
- 2760 - Spiritual Documentaries
- 417 - Documentaries from the 1970s