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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Drama
- 25821 - Exciting TV Dramas
- 50588 - Exciting TV Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 27444 - Exciting Underdog Dramas
- 2409 - British Dramas based on a book from the 1970s
- 1700 - Exciting War Dramas
- 12851 - Exciting War Dramas based on real life
- 702 - British Dramas based on a book from the 1980s
- 92343 - Exciting Wilderness-survival Dramas
- 70716 - Exciting WWII Dramas
- 71505 - Exciting WWII Dramas based on real life
- 3864 - British Dramas from the 1940s
- 3924 - British Dramas from the 1960s
- 3953 - British Dramas from the 1970s
- 3974 - British Dramas from the 1980s
- 3188 - British Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 30490 - Family Dramas about Cats & Dogs
- 42823 - Family Dramas about Horses
- 54320 - Family Dramas based on Books
- 31737 - Family Dramas based on real life
- 82060 - Family Reunion Dramas
- 2285 - British Independent Dramas from the 1980s
- 11862 - Family-friendly Dramas
- 271 - British Military Dramas
- 63892 - Farsi-Language Dramas
- 20622 - Father-Daughter Dramas
- 54485 - Father-Daughter Dramas based on Books
- 21495 - Father-Daughter Dramas based on real life
- 20641 - Father-Daughter Dramas from the 1970s
- 20591 - Father-Daughter Dramas from the 1980s
- 3250 - British Political Dramas
- 24549 - Father-Daughter Social Issue Dramas
- 33646 - Father-Daughter TV Dramas
- 3705 - British Political Dramas based on Books
- 18499 - Father-Son Dramas
- 52934 - Father-Son Dramas based on Books
- 20016 - Father-Son Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 17935 - Father-Son Dramas based on real life
- 3962 - British Psychological Dramas
- 19013 - Father-Son Social Issue Dramas
- 25926 - Father-Son TV Dramas
- 2312 - British Social Issue Dramas
- 46065 - Feel-good Bollywood Dramas
- 40983 - Feel-good British Dramas
- 54245 - Feel-good British Dramas based on Books
- 52334 - Feel-good British Dramas based on classic literature
- 7630 - Feel-good Coming-of-age Dramas
- 29491 - Feel-good Coming-of-age Family Dramas
- 84162 - Feel-good Dance Dramas
- 8860 - Feel-good Dramas
- 8170 - Feel-good Dramas based on Books
- 16080 - Feel-good Dramas based on classic literature
- 24432 - Feel-good Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 6357 - Feel-good Dramas based on real life
- 23245 - Feel-good Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 86537 - Feel-good East Asian Dramas
- 31104 - Feel-good Family Dramas
- 34389 - Feel-good Family Dramas about Cats & Dogs
- 42330 - Feel-good Family Dramas about Horses
- 6889 - Crime Dramas
- 18902 - Feel-good Father-Daughter Dramas
- 20061 - Feel-good Father-Son Dramas
- 27527 - Feel-good Fight-the-System Dramas
- 11678 - Feel-good Foreign Dramas
- 64293 - Feel-good French Dramas
- 31577 - Feel-good Girl Power Family Dramas
- 23170 - Feel-good High School Dramas
- 64283 - Feel-good Hindi-Language Dramas
- 6574 - Feel-good Independent Dramas
- 23972 - Feel-good Indian Dramas
- 4562 - Campy Independent Dramas
- 20553 - Feel-good Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 58470 - Feel-good Road Trip Dramas
- 51643 - Feel-good Romantic British Dramas
- 35490 - Feel-good Romantic Coming-of-age Dramas
- 36585 - Feel-good Romantic Dramas
- 53057 - Feel-good Romantic Dramas based on Books
- 38011 - Feel-good Romantic Dramas based on classic literature
- 36470 - Feel-good Romantic Dramas from the 1980s
- 35830 - Feel-good Romantic Foreign Dramas
- 48905 - Feel-good Social Issue Dramas
- 11519 - Feel-good Sports Dramas
- 37775 - Feel-good Sports Dramas based on real life
- 31142 - Feel-good Sports Family Dramas
- 26059 - Feel-good TV Dramas
- 26528 - Feel-good TV Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 127 - Cerebral Biographical Dramas
- 28289 - Feel-good Underdog Dramas
- 27002 - Feel-good Underdog Dramas based on real life
- 32785 - Feel-good Underdog Family Dramas
- 896 - Cerebral British Dramas
- 26792 - Fight-the-System Dramas
- 55196 - Fight-the-System Dramas based on Books
- 27149 - Fight-the-System Dramas based on real life
- 27817 - Fight-the-System Dramas from the 1970s
- 27248 - Fight-the-System Dramas from the 1980s
- 3726 - Cerebral Crime Dramas
- 2295 - Cerebral Dramas
- 7266 - Filipino Dramas
- 1023 - Cerebral Dramas from the 1940s
- 64682 - Finnish Dramas
- 18988 - First-Love Dramas
- 54157 - First-Love Dramas based on Books
- 37403 - First-Love Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 1048 - Cerebral Dramas from the 1950s
- 34096 - First-Love Dramas based on real life
- 19266 - First-Love Dramas from the 1970s
- 1069 - Cerebral Dramas from the 1960s
- 26148 - First-Love TV Dramas
- 52886 - First-Love TV Teen Dramas
- 1106 - Cerebral Dramas from the 1970s
- 12504 - Football Dramas
- 15823 - Football Dramas based on real life
- 1126 - Cerebral Dramas from the 1980s
- 20227 - Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 54228 - Forbidden-Love Dramas based on Books
- 21044 - Forbidden-Love Dramas based on classic literature
- 20655 - Forbidden-Love Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 23963 - Forbidden-Love Dramas based on real life
- 24233 - Forbidden-Love Dramas from the 1980s
- 506 - Cerebral Foreign Crime Dramas
- 69942 - Forbidden-Love TV Dramas
- 3432 - Cerebral Foreign Dramas from the 1950s
- 3456 - Cerebral Foreign Dramas from the 1960s
- 67463 - Foreign Biographical Crime Dramas
- 3474 - Cerebral Foreign Dramas from the 1970s
- 5446 - Foreign Biographical Dramas
- 67949 - Foreign Biographical Fight-the-System Dramas
- 91951 - Foreign Biographical Military Dramas
- 3496 - Cerebral Foreign Dramas from the 1980s
- 38212 - Foreign Biographical Political Dramas
- 82989 - Foreign Boxing Dramas
- 27016 - Foreign Buddy Dramas
- 18194 - Foreign Con-Game Dramas
- 27006 - Foreign Conspiracy Dramas
- 7785 - Foreign Courtroom Dramas
- 2742 - Cerebral Foreign Political Dramas
- 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
- 2935 - Cerebral French-Language Crime Dramas
- 66803 - Foreign Crime TV Dramas
- 4521 - Cerebral French-Language Dramas
- 84285 - Foreign Dance Dramas
- 102 - Cerebral French-Language Dramas from the 1960s
- 77841 - Foreign Dramas about Fame
- 20123 - Foreign Dramas about Marriage
- 14915 - Foreign Dramas about Royalty
- 66672 - Foreign Dramas about Royalty based on real life
- 89266 - Foreign Dramas based on Bestsellers
- 8755 - Foreign Dramas based on Books
- 13098 - Foreign Dramas based on classic literature
- 12903 - Foreign Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 9978 - Foreign Dramas based on real life
- 23475 - Foreign Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 81529 - Foreign Dramas for Hopeless Romantics
- 71273 - Foreign Dramas set in Ancient Times
- 71041 - Foreign Dramas set in Imperial China
- 71447 - Foreign Dramas set in the Middle Ages
- 19009 - Foreign Drug Dramas
- 28357 - Foreign Dysfunctional-Family Dramas
- 81692 - Foreign Family Reunion Dramas
- 20961 - Foreign Father-Daughter Dramas
- 18255 - Foreign Father-Son Dramas
- 27685 - Foreign Fight-the-System Dramas
- 28288 - Foreign Fight-the-System Dramas based on real life
- 20325 - Foreign First-Love Dramas
- 20411 - Foreign Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 88366 - Foreign Forbidden-Love Dramas based on Real Life
- 67218 - Foreign Gangster Dramas
- 92553 - Foreign Gay & Lesbian First-Love Dramas
- 33986 - Foreign Gay & Lesbian Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 14655 - Foreign Ghost-story Dramas
- 20609 - Foreign High School Dramas
- 14711 - Foreign Hit-man Dramas
- 1553 - Cerebral Italian Dramas
- 17964 - Foreign Immigrant-Life Dramas
- 3720 - Cerebral Japanese Dramas
- 72057 - Foreign Lesbian Dramas
- 13375 - Foreign Medical Dramas
- 18157 - Foreign Mid-Life-Crisis Dramas
- 7312 - Foreign Military Dramas
- 92005 - Foreign Military Dramas based on Books
- 23918 - Foreign Military Dramas based on real life
- 81621 - Foreign Mind Game Dramas
- 30063 - Foreign Mistaken-Identity Dramas
- 20417 - Foreign Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 19216 - Foreign Mother-Son Dramas
- 814 - Cerebral Political Dramas
- 43543 - Foreign Myth & Legend Dramas
- 27232 - Foreign Opposites-Attract Dramas
- 11751 - Foreign Political Dramas
- 80702 - Foreign Political Dramas based on Books
- 17413 - Foreign Political Dramas based on real life
- 8200 - Foreign Political Dramas from the 1980s
- 15541 - Foreign Prison Dramas
- 5723 - Foreign Psychological Dramas
- 34644 - Foreign Reincarnation Dramas
- 14672 - Foreign Revenge Dramas
- 45617 - Foreign Road Trip Dramas
- 65937 - Foreign Sci-Fi Dramas
- 20661 - Foreign Serial-Killer Dramas
- 9211 - Foreign Showbiz Dramas
- 72692 - Foreign Soccer Dramas
- 6233 - Foreign Social Issue Dramas
- 80004 - Foreign Social Issue Dramas based on Real Life
- 34790 - Foreign Sports Dramas
- 74617 - Foreign Sports Dramas based on Real Life
- 42819 - Foreign Supernatural Dramas
- 83511 - Foreign Time Travel Dramas
- 81076 - Foreign True Crime Dramas
- 67445 - Foreign TV Dramas
- 71818 - Foreign TV Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 27539 - Foreign Underdog Dramas
- 24623 - Foreign War Dramas based on real life
- 14813 - Foreign Wedding Dramas
- 14953 - Foreign Wilderness-survival Dramas
- 70380 - Foreign WWI Dramas
- 70093 - Foreign WWII Dramas
- 70959 - Foreign WWII Dramas based on real life
- 45154 - Forensics TV Dramas
- 64948 - French Biographical Dramas
- 64440 - French Coming-of-age Dramas
- 58713 - French Crime Dramas
- 63453 - French Dramas based on Books
- 63894 - French Dramas based on classic literature
- 67355 - French Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 58736 - French Dramas based on real life
- 58863 - French Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 82079 - French Dramas for Hopeless Romantics
- 64960 - French Drug Dramas
- 371 - Chinese Crime Dramas
- 61314 - French Dysfunctional-Family Dramas
- 64102 - French Father-Daughter Dramas
- 62268 - French Father-Son Dramas
- 62058 - French First-Love Dramas
- 59891 - French Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 63734 - French Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 61886 - French Independent Dramas
- 59448 - French Mid-Life-Crisis Dramas
- 63955 - French Military Dramas
- 60571 - French Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 61358 - French Mother-Son Dramas
- 64757 - French Political Dramas
- 78976 - French Political Dramas based on Real Life
- 63513 - French Road Trip Dramas
- 59346 - French Showbiz Dramas
- 84090 - French Supernatural Dramas
- 70377 - French WWI Dramas