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
- 10358 - Cerebral Documentaries
- 49445 - Cerebral Documentaries about Art & Design
- 74453 - Cerebral Documentaries about Food
- 76330 - Cerebral Documentaries for ages 11 to 12
- 78592 - Cerebral Documentaries for ages 8 to 10
- 81231 - Cerebral Documentaries from the 1960s
- 16319 - Cerebral Documentaries from the 1980s
- 71834 - Cerebral Eco- Documentaries
- 78344 - Cerebral Eco- Science & Nature Documentaries
- 45294 - Cerebral Experimental Documentaries
- 83486 - Cerebral Experimental Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 55921 - Cerebral Family Life Documentaries
- 76281 - Cerebral Family Life Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 28346 - Cerebral Fight-the-System Documentaries
- 42687 - Cerebral Fight-the-System Historical Documentaries
- 53097 - Cerebral Fight-the-System TV Documentaries
- 34991 - Cerebral Foreign Biographical Documentaries
- 16282 - Cerebral Foreign Documentaries
- 72547 - Cerebral Foreign Documentaries about Art & Design
- 92158 - Cerebral Foreign Historical Documentaries
- 68188 - Cerebral Foreign Political Documentaries
- 67529 - Cerebral Foreign Showbiz Documentaries
- 45460 - Cerebral Foreign Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 64555 - Cerebral French Documentaries
- 91819 - Cerebral French Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 44609 - Cerebral French-Language Documentaries
- 44526 - Cerebral Gay & Lesbian Documentaries
- 68331 - Cerebral Gay & Lesbian Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 83649 - Cerebral German Biographical Documentaries
- 62572 - Cerebral German Documentaries
- 91749 - Cerebral German Documentaries about Art & Design
- 78869 - Cerebral German Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 78002 - Cerebral German-Language Biographical Documentaries
- 45262 - Cerebral German-Language Documentaries
- 8154 - Cerebral Historical Documentaries
- 71604 - Cerebral Immigrant-Life Documentaries
- 74881 - Cerebral Middle Eastern Documentaries
- 7977 - Cerebral Military Documentaries
- 15228 - Cerebral Military Historical Documentaries
- 79866 - Cerebral Military Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 66748 - Cerebral Mind & Body Documentaries
- 90478 - Cerebral Music & Concert Documentaries
- 49531 - Cerebral Nature & Ecology Documentaries
- 54703 - Cerebral Nature & Ecology TV Documentaries
- 7784 - Cerebral Political Documentaries
- 15966 - Cerebral Political Historical Documentaries
- 68450 - Cerebral Political Science & Nature Documentaries
- 54405 - Cerebral Political TV Documentaries
- 29239 - Cerebral Religious Documentaries
- 81444 - Cerebral Scandinavian Biographical Documentaries
- 78575 - Cerebral Scandinavian Documentaries
- 16322 - Cerebral Science & Nature Documentaries
- 51715 - Cerebral Science & Technology Documentaries
- 55969 - Cerebral Science & Technology Historical Documentaries
- 53417 - Cerebral Science & Technology TV Documentaries
- 37760 - Cerebral Showbiz Documentaries
- 51648 - Cerebral Showbiz Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 6069 - Cerebral Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 84440 - Cerebral Social & Cultural Documentaries about Food
- 16264 - Cerebral Spiritual Documentaries
- 74663 - Cerebral Sports Documentaries
- 69685 - Cerebral Tortured-Genius Documentaries
- 46254 - Cerebral Travel & Adventure Documentaries
- 40199 - Cerebral TV Documentaries
- 74992 - Cerebral TV Documentaries about Art & Design
- 74073 - Cerebral TV Documentaries for ages 11 to 12
- 74113 - Cerebral TV Documentaries for ages 8 to 10
- 79476 - Cerebral TV Documentaries from the 1990s
- 52396 - Cerebral Unexplained Mysteries Documentaries
- 69233 - Cerebral Unexplained Mysteries TV Documentaries
- 77172 - Cerebral US Documentaries
- 78054 - Cerebral US Science & Technology Documentaries
- 67760 - Cerebral Whistleblower Documentaries
- 82400 - Cerebral Workplace Documentaries
- 70266 - Cerebral WWII Documentaries
- 17873 - Chinese Documentaries
- 64812 - Chinese Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 83371 - Cold War Era Documentaries
- 83331 - Cold War Era Historical Documentaries
- 50075 - Computers & IT Documentaries
- 81200 - Computers & IT Science & Nature Documentaries
- 74476 - Computers & IT TV Documentaries
- 27520 - Conspiracy Documentaries
- 27157 - Conspiracy Historical Documentaries
- 34768 - Conspiracy Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 80239 - Conspiracy Spiritual Documentaries
- 49435 - Conspiracy Theory Documentaries
- 50008 - Conspiracy Theory Historical Documentaries
- 52070 - Conspiracy Theory Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 74918 - Conspiracy Theory Spiritual Documentaries
- 53559 - Conspiracy Theory TV Documentaries
- 55485 - Conspiracy TV Documentaries
- 81391 - Controversial Biographical Crime Documentaries
- 37512 - Controversial Biographical Documentaries
- 37536 - Controversial Biographical Political Documentaries
- 58973 - Controversial Business Documentaries
- 76166 - Controversial Business Science & Nature Documentaries
- 67073 - Controversial Business Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 39335 - Controversial Conspiracy Documentaries
- 71632 - Controversial Conspiracy Theory Documentaries
- 40354 - Controversial Crime Documentaries
- 74131 - Controversial Crime Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 28309 - Controversial Fight-the-System Documentaries
- 74227 - Controversial Foreign Documentaries
- 89258 - Controversial Foreign Political Documentaries
- 75140 - Controversial Foreign Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 37483 - Controversial Historical Documentaries
- 40047 - Controversial Military Documentaries
- 88890 - Controversial Military Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 71835 - Controversial Nature & Ecology Documentaries
- 5331 - Controversial Political Documentaries
- 74043 - Controversial Political Historical Documentaries
- 73562 - Controversial Political TV Documentaries
- 88870 - Controversial Religious Documentaries
- 53371 - Controversial Science & Nature Documentaries
- 72204 - Controversial Science & Technology Documentaries
- 71827 - Controversial Showbiz Documentaries
- 74543 - Controversial Showbiz Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 40204 - Controversial Spiritual Documentaries
- 40113 - Controversial TV Documentaries
- 71864 - Controversial Whistleblower Documentaries
- 72005 - Courtroom Social & Cultural Documentaries
- 25665 - Critically-acclaimed Biographical Crime Documentaries
- 73036 - Critically-acclaimed Biographical Sports Documentaries
- 83536 - Critically-acclaimed Biographical WWII Documentaries
- 40963 - Critically-acclaimed British Documentaries
- 49823 - Critically-acclaimed Business Documentaries
- 75330 - Critically-acclaimed Canadian Documentaries
- 74417 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Business Documentaries
- 91108 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Canadian Documentaries
- 35072 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Crime Documentaries
- 6306 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Documentaries
- 31826 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Foreign Documentaries
- 81195 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral French Documentaries
- 83613 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral German Documentaries
- 15889 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Historical Documentaries
- 40084 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Military Documentaries
- 16025 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Political Documentaries
- 55927 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Showbiz Documentaries
- 74354 - Critically-acclaimed Conspiracy Documentaries
- 11551 - Critically-acclaimed Controversial Documentaries
- 6132 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Documentaries
- 25276 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Biographical Documentaries
- 83472 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Family Life Documentaries
- 23570 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Historical Documentaries
- 25116 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Military Documentaries
- 48956 - Critically-acclaimed Documentaries about Art & Design
- 79780 - Critically-acclaimed Documentaries from the 1960s
- 33386 - Critically-acclaimed Documentaries from the 1980s
- 73845 - Critically-acclaimed Drug Documentaries
- 43117 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Crime Documentaries
- 10383 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Documentaries
- 74033 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Military Documentaries
- 22989 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Political Documentaries
- 79763 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional WWII Documentaries
- 50077 - Critically-acclaimed Family Life Documentaries
- 69108 - Critically-acclaimed Father-Son Documentaries
- 35084 - Critically-acclaimed Feel-good Documentaries
- 26755 - Critically-acclaimed Fight-the-System Documentaries
- 69797 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Political Documentaries
- 59884 - Critically-acclaimed French Documentaries
- 16740 - Critically-acclaimed Gay & Lesbian Documentaries
- 79748 - Critically-acclaimed German Biographical Documentaries
- 59491 - Critically-acclaimed German Documentaries
- 58308 - Critically-acclaimed German-Language Documentaries
- 55837 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Biographical Documentaries
- 7927 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Documentaries
- 49547 - Nature & Ecology TV Documentaries
- 21207 - Critically-acclaimed Heartfelt Documentaries
- 76326 - Critically-acclaimed High School Documentaries
- 10466 - Critically-acclaimed Historical Documentaries
- 24670 - Critically-acclaimed Immigrant-Life Documentaries
- 92513 - Critically-acclaimed Inspiring British Documentaries
- 91002 - Critically-acclaimed Inspiring Foreign Documentaries
- 25504 - Critically-acclaimed Inspiring Political Documentaries
- 40944 - Critically-acclaimed Inspiring Sports Documentaries
- 84439 - Critically-acclaimed Jewish Documentaries
- 90231 - Critically-acclaimed Middle Eastern Documentaries
- 6832 - Critically-acclaimed Military Documentaries
- 5288 - Critically-acclaimed Military Historical Documentaries
- 90455 - Critically-acclaimed Music & Concert Documentaries
- 49149 - Critically-acclaimed Nature & Ecology Documentaries
- 76609 - Critically-acclaimed Provocative Documentaries
- 33293 - Critically-acclaimed Quirky Biographical Documentaries
- 9514 - Critically-acclaimed Quirky Documentaries
- 5417 - Critically-acclaimed Science & Nature Documentaries
- 34332 - Critically-acclaimed Sentimental Documentaries
- 25514 - Critically-acclaimed Showbiz Documentaries
- 50610 - Critically-acclaimed Slice of Life Documentaries
- 7949 - Critically-acclaimed Sports Documentaries
- 71659 - Critically-acclaimed Tortured-Genius Documentaries
- 33280 - Critically-acclaimed Travel & Adventure Documentaries
- 83205 - Critically-acclaimed TV Documentaries
- 27557 - Critically-acclaimed Underdog Documentaries
- 9783 - Critically-acclaimed Understated Documentaries
- 63556 - Critically-acclaimed Understated Foreign Documentaries
- 24701 - Critically-acclaimed Violent Documentaries
- 79792 - Critically-acclaimed Violent Military Documentaries
- 21536 - Critically-acclaimed Visually-striking Documentaries
- 92548 - Critically-acclaimed Wilderness-survival Documentaries
- 77143 - Critically-acclaimed Witty Biographical Documentaries
- 11464 - Critically-acclaimed Witty Documentaries
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Drama
- 71267 - Critically-acclaimed WWII Dramas
- 90219 - Critically-acclaimed WWII Dramas based on Books
- 70263 - Critically-acclaimed WWII Dramas based on real life
- 7385 - Cult Dramas
- 77314 - Cynical Dramas
- 77470 - Cynical Foreign Dramas
- 77495 - Cynical Independent Dramas
- 88932 - Cynical TV Dramas
- 9271 - Czech Dramas
- 76266 - Dance Dramas
- 62670 - Danish Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 69723 - Danish Independent Dramas
- 89602 - Danish TV Dramas
- 63438 - Dark Argentinian Dramas
- 21203 - Dark Australian Dramas
- 88681 - Dark BBC Dramas
- 8261 - Dark Biographical Dramas
- 25201 - Dark Biographical Military Dramas
- 23841 - Dark Biographical Showbiz Dramas
- 25138 - Dark Biographical Tortured-Genius Dramas
- 81097 - Dark Biographical True Crime Dramas
- 42965 - Dark Bollywood Dramas
- 59119 - Dark Boxing Dramas
- 25275 - Dark Brazilian Dramas
- 80185 - Dark British Conspiracy Dramas
- 22742 - Dark British Dramas based on classic literature
- 25320 - Dark British Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 25101 - Dark British Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 65002 - Dark British Dysfunctional-Family Dramas
- 88505 - Dark British Historical TV Dramas
- 73586 - Dark British Independent Dramas based on Books
- 73831 - Dark British Independent Dysfunctional-Family Dramas
- 61905 - Dark British Independent Social Issue Dramas
- 59364 - Dark British Sci-Fi Dramas
- 24818 - Dark British Social Issue Dramas
- 52216 - Dark British TV Dramas
- 70645 - Dark British WWII Dramas
- 56818 - Dark Canadian Dramas
- 67819 - Dark Canadian Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 57554 - Dark Canadian Dysfunctional-Family Dramas
- 58261 - Dark Canadian Independent Dramas
- 21167 - Dark Chinese Dramas
- 25031 - Dark Coming-of-age Dramas
- 27654 - Dark Conspiracy Dramas
- 26851 - Dark Conspiracy Dramas based on real life
- 37895 - Dark Conspiracy TV Dramas
- 53846 - Dark Courtroom Dramas based on Books
- 73364 - Dark Courtroom Dramas based on contemporary literature