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
- 77906 - Time Travel TV Dramas
- 18474 - Tortured-Genius Dramas
- 79607 - Tortured-Genius Dramas based on Books
- 21493 - Tortured-Genius Dramas based on real life
- 4303 - Goofy Dramas from the 1980s
- 80937 - True Crime Dramas
- 81091 - True Crime Dramas based on Books
- 81107 - True Crime Dramas based on Contemporary Literature
- 81094 - True Crime Dramas from the 1980s
- 81095 - True Crime Social Issue Dramas
- 26283 - TV Dramas about Marriage
- 34884 - TV Dramas about Parenthood
- 70782 - TV Dramas created by Colin Dexter
- 26123 - TV Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 73553 - TV Dramas for ages 11 to 12
- 78603 - TV Dramas for ages 8 to 10
- 81509 - TV Dramas for Hopeless Romantics
- 10892 - TV Dramas from the 1970s
- 10920 - TV Dramas from the 1980s
- 70176 - TV Dramas from the 1980s created by Colin Dexter
- 79179 - TV Dramas from the 1990s
- 92290 - TV Dramas set in the Victorian Era
- 53143 - TV Teen Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 79473 - TV Teen Dramas from the 1990s
- 26812 - Undercover-Cop Dramas
- 28343 - Underdog Dramas
- 53238 - Underdog Dramas based on Books
- 26830 - Underdog Dramas based on real life
- 26964 - Underdog Dramas for ages 11 to 12
- 27140 - Underdog Dramas for ages 8 to 10
- 36721 - Underdog Dramas from the 1970s
- 29584 - Underdog Family Dramas
- 11800 - Understated African-American Dramas
- 65369 - Understated Argentinian Dramas
- 34162 - Understated Australian Dramas
- 42696 - Understated Australian Independent Dramas
- 10628 - Understated Biographical Dramas
- 56139 - Understated British Crime Dramas
- 70702 - Understated British Crime TV Dramas
- 78581 - Understated British Crime TV Dramas from the 1980s
- 79551 - Understated British Crime TV Dramas from the 1990s
- 5775 - Understated British Dramas
- 15689 - Understated British Dramas based on classic literature
- 37580 - Understated British Dramas based on real life
- 5750 - Understated British Independent Dramas
- 52230 - Understated British TV Dramas
- 70201 - Understated British TV Dramas created by Colin Dexter
- 70374 - Understated British TV Dramas from the 1980s
- 79410 - Understated British TV Dramas from the 1990s
- 33934 - Understated Buddy Dramas
- 56824 - Understated Canadian Dramas
- 57019 - Understated Canadian Independent Dramas
- 17830 - Understated Chinese Dramas
- 51997 - Understated College Dramas
- 5500 - Understated Coming-of-age Dramas
- 54580 - Understated Crime Dramas based on Books
- 33653 - Understated Crime Dramas based on real life
- 38241 - Understated Crime TV Dramas
- 71495 - Understated Crime TV Dramas created by Colin Dexter
- 45916 - Understated Crime TV Dramas from the 1980s
- 79480 - Understated Crime TV Dramas from the 1990s
- 6393 - Understated Dramas
- 18383 - Understated Dramas about Marriage
- 39641 - Understated Dramas about Parenthood
- 8290 - Understated Dramas based on Books
- 13141 - Understated Dramas based on classic literature
- 13000 - Understated Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 10385 - Understated Dramas based on real life
- 23430 - Understated Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 82042 - Understated Dramas for Hopeless Romantics
- 18265 - Understated Drug Dramas
- 27117 - Understated Dysfunctional-Family Dramas
- 86011 - Understated East Asian Dramas
- 34492 - Understated Eastern European Dramas
- 81573 - Understated Family Reunion Dramas
- 18001 - Understated Father-Daughter Dramas
- 18594 - Understated Father-Son Dramas
- 27965 - Understated Fight-the-System Dramas
- 26716 - Understated Fight-the-System Dramas based on real life
- 19067 - Understated First-Love Dramas
- 36788 - Understated Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 61030 - Understated Foreign Biographical Dramas
- 35015 - Understated Foreign Coming-of-age Dramas
- 89274 - Understated Foreign Dramas based on Books
- 33338 - Understated Foreign Dramas based on real life
- 28653 - Understated Foreign Dysfunctional-Family Dramas
- 47407 - Understated Foreign Father-Daughter Dramas
- 19505 - Understated Foreign Father-Son Dramas
- 34705 - Understated Foreign First-Love Dramas
- 6340 - Understated Foreign Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 41026 - Understated Foreign Mid-Life-Crisis Dramas
- 33649 - Understated Foreign Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 26493 - Understated Foreign Mother-Son Dramas
- 67230 - Understated Foreign Showbiz Dramas
- 70167 - Understated Foreign WWII Dramas
- 60381 - Understated French Crime Dramas
- 58732 - Understated French Dramas
- 83492 - Understated French Dramas based on Real Life
- 74237 - Understated French Dysfunctional-Family Dramas
- 89373 - Understated French Independent Dramas
- 40547 - Understated French-Language Crime Dramas
- 76284 - Understated French-Language Dramas based on Real Life
- 89371 - Understated French-Language Independent Dramas
- 9524 - Understated Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 62487 - Understated German Dramas
- 23115 - Understated German-Language Dramas
- 74685 - Understated Heist Dramas
- 20934 - Understated High School Dramas
- 88482 - Understated Historical TV Dramas
- 19712 - Understated Immigrant-Life Dramas
- 9203 - Understated Independent Coming-of-age Dramas
- 8229 - Understated Independent Dramas
- 20320 - Understated Independent Dramas about Marriage
- 88679 - Understated Independent Dramas about Parenthood
- 23730 - Understated Independent Dramas based on real life
- 81711 - Understated Independent Dramas for Hopeless Romantics
- 5430 - Understated Independent Dramas from the 1980s
- 27039 - Understated Independent Dysfunctional-Family Dramas
- 18657 - Understated Independent Father-Daughter Dramas
- 19960 - Understated Independent Father-Son Dramas
- 22978 - Understated Independent First-Love Dramas
- 24688 - Understated Independent High School Dramas
- 24642 - Understated Independent Immigrant-Life Dramas
- 19979 - Understated Independent Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 19262 - Understated Independent Mother-Son Dramas
- 45584 - Understated Independent Road Trip Dramas
- 49553 - Understated Independent Showbiz Dramas
- 37259 - Understated Independent Social Issue Dramas
- 83024 - Understated Independent Sports Dramas
- 75371 - Understated Indian Dramas
- 65086 - Understated Korean Dramas
- 61065 - Understated Latin American Dramas
- 90771 - Understated Latin American Independent Dramas
- 72129 - Understated Lesbian Dramas
- 2140 - Gory Biographical Dramas
- 12105 - Understated Medical Dramas
- 18068 - Understated Mid-Life-Crisis Dramas
- 61186 - Understated Middle Eastern Dramas
- 9666 - Understated Military Dramas
- 18876 - Understated Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 19537 - Understated Mother-Son Dramas
- 10392 - Understated Psychological Dramas
- 45310 - Understated Road Trip Dramas
- 36194 - Understated Romantic British Dramas
- 54461 - Understated Romantic British Dramas based on Books
- 35753 - Understated Romantic British Independent Dramas
- 36108 - Understated Romantic Coming-of-age Dramas
- 35628 - Understated Romantic Dramas
- 36294 - Understated Romantic Dramas about Marriage
- 53628 - Understated Romantic Dramas based on Books
- 36018 - Understated Romantic Dramas based on real life
- 35411 - Understated Romantic Dramas from the 1980s
- 86822 - Understated Romantic East Asian Dramas
- 35552 - Understated Romantic First-Love Dramas
- 35884 - Understated Romantic Foreign Dramas
- 36145 - Understated Romantic Foreign Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 65140 - Understated Romantic French Dramas
- 36297 - Understated Romantic French-Language Dramas
- 35706 - Understated Romantic Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 35542 - Understated Romantic Independent Dramas
- 36778 - Understated Romantic Showbiz Dramas
- 10125 - Understated Scandinavian Dramas
- 39518 - Understated Sci-Fi Dramas
- 7147 - Understated Showbiz Dramas
- 11477 - Understated Social Issue Dramas
- 53370 - Understated Spanish-Language Dramas
- 93044 - Understated Spanish-Language Independent Dramas
- 33434 - Understated Sports Dramas
- 49249 - Understated Spy Dramas
- 3769 - Gory Dramas from the 1980s
- 70147 - Understated Suspenseful British TV Dramas
- 2330 - Gory Dramas on Blu-ray
- 40251 - Understated Suspenseful TV Dramas
- 79512 - Understated Suspenseful TV Dramas from the 1990s
- 80987 - Understated True Crime Dramas
- 25952 - Understated TV Dramas
- 70625 - Understated TV Dramas created by Colin Dexter
- 42059 - Understated TV Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 45860 - Understated TV Dramas from the 1980s
- 79291 - Understated TV Dramas from the 1990s
- 2673 - Gory Foreign Dramas
- 70130 - Understated WWII Dramas
- 75824 - Vampire Dramas
- 1199 - Gory Independent Dramas
- 77149 - Vampire TV Dramas
- 71239 - Vietnam War Dramas
- 70881 - Vietnam War Dramas based on real life
- 70560 - Vietnam War Dramas from the 1980s
- 4873 - Gory Political Dramas
- 25976 - Violent Crime TV Dramas
- 3485 - Gory War Dramas
- 2431 - Greek-Language Dramas
- 4579 - Gritty African-American Crime Dramas
- 56169 - Canadian Dramas
- 1922 - Gritty African-American Dramas
- 4954 - Gritty Biographical Dramas
- 4478 - Gritty British Crime Dramas
- 1891 - Gritty Courtroom Dramas
- 4500 - Gritty Crime Dramas
- 2073 - Gritty Crime Dramas from the 1940s
- 2097 - Gritty Crime Dramas from the 1950s
- 2114 - Gritty Crime Dramas from the 1960s
- 2139 - Gritty Crime Dramas from the 1970s
- 2162 - Gritty Crime Dramas from the 1980s
- 3280 - Gritty Crime Dramas on Blu-ray
- 38623 - Violent Suspenseful TV Dramas
- 25872 - Violent TV Dramas
- 3354 - Gritty Dramas
- 1166 - Gritty Dramas based on Books
- 66050 - Viral Plague Dramas
- 9847 - African-American Dramas
- 2141 - Gritty Foreign Dramas from the 1960s
- 45578 - Visually-striking Biographical Tortured-Genius Dramas
- 77109 - Visually-striking Brazilian Dramas
- 47706 - Visually-striking British Biographical Dramas
- 2163 - Gritty Foreign Dramas from the 1970s
- 13665 - Visually-striking British Dramas
- 55219 - Visually-striking British Dramas based on Books
- 60393 - Visually-striking British Independent Dramas
- 2186 - Gritty Foreign Dramas from the 1980s
- 85130 - Visually-striking Cantonese-Language Dramas
- 22984 - Visually-striking Cerebral Biographical Dramas
- 39925 - Visually-striking Cerebral British Dramas
- 13337 - Visually-striking Cerebral Crime Dramas
- 21568 - Visually-striking Cerebral Dramas based on real life
- 83608 - Visually-striking Cerebral Experimental Dramas
- 46339 - Visually-striking Cerebral Fight-the-System Dramas
- 12678 - Visually-striking Cerebral Foreign Dramas
- 59248 - Visually-striking Cerebral French Dramas
- 17775 - Visually-striking Cerebral French-Language Dramas
- 81356 - Visually-striking Cerebral Independent Crime Dramas
- 12531 - Visually-striking Cerebral Independent Dramas
- 76169 - Visually-striking Cerebral Sci-Fi Dramas
- 17768 - Visually-striking Chinese Dramas
- 860 - Gritty Gay & Lesbian Crime Dramas
- 1862 - Gritty Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 16037 - Visually-striking Coming-of-age Dramas
- 27957 - Visually-striking Conspiracy Dramas
- 8726 - Visually-striking Crime Dramas
- 55343 - Visually-striking Crime Dramas based on Books
- 46362 - Visually-striking Crime Dramas based on real life
- 51940 - Visually-striking Crime Dramas from the 1970s
- 1204 - Gritty Independent Crime Dramas
- 55755 - Visually-striking Dark Dramas based on Books
- 12976 - Visually-striking Dark Dramas based on real life
- 24983 - Visually-striking Dark Dramas from the 1970s
- 85812 - Visually-striking Dark East Asian Dramas
- 13525 - Visually-striking Dark Foreign Dramas
- 76957 - Visually-striking Dark Gangster Dramas
- 64096 - Visually-striking Dark German Dramas