Netflix Secret Codes Updated November 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
- 49862 - Visually-striking Dark German-Language Dramas
- 25071 - Visually-striking Dark Military Dramas
- 25284 - Visually-striking Dark Psychological Dramas
- 24862 - Visually-striking Dark Revenge Dramas
- 36570 - Visually-striking Dark Romantic Dramas
- 35669 - Visually-striking Dark Romantic Foreign Dramas
- 2138 - Gritty Independent Political Dramas
- 26696 - Visually-striking Dark Sci-Fi Dramas
- 70213 - Visually-striking Dark WWII Dramas
- 889 - Gritty Independent Showbiz Dramas
- 77805 - Visually-striking Dramas about Fame
- 21615 - Visually-striking Dramas about Royalty
- 89586 - Visually-striking Dramas based on Bestsellers
- 12943 - Visually-striking Dramas based on Books
- 12863 - Visually-striking Dramas based on classic literature
- 12934 - Visually-striking Dramas based on real life
- 81554 - Visually-striking Dramas for Hopeless Romantics
- 12578 - Visually-striking Dramas from the 1960s
- 12583 - Visually-striking Dramas from the 1970s
- 12585 - Visually-striking Dramas from the 1980s
- 78030 - Visually-striking Dramas set in Ancient Times
- 21363 - Visually-striking Drug Dramas
- 28221 - Visually-striking Dysfunctional-Family Dramas
- 87699 - Visually-striking East Asian Crime Dramas
- 86322 - Visually-striking East Asian Dramas
- 37570 - Visually-striking Emotional Biographical Dramas
- 55512 - Visually-striking Emotional Dramas based on Books
- 13101 - Visually-striking Emotional Dramas based on real life
- 21901 - Visually-striking Emotional Foreign Dramas
- 12835 - Visually-striking Emotional Independent Dramas
- 17461 - Visually-striking Emotional Military Dramas
- 2926 - Gritty Latin American Dramas
- 8019 - Visually-striking Exciting Dramas
- 24236 - Visually-striking Exciting Foreign Dramas
- 4126 - Gritty Latino Crime Dramas
- 54413 - Visually-striking Experimental Dramas
- 279 - Gritty Latino Dramas
- 20809 - Visually-striking Father-Son Dramas
- 27337 - Visually-striking Fight-the-System Dramas
- 19229 - Visually-striking First-Love Dramas
- 22919 - Visually-striking Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 12685 - Visually-striking Foreign Crime Dramas
- 23063 - Visually-striking Foreign Dramas based on real life
- 25522 - Visually-striking Foreign Dramas from the 1980s
- 77067 - Visually-striking Foreign Gangster Dramas
- 22648 - Visually-striking Foreign Revenge Dramas
- 53868 - Visually-striking Foreign Showbiz Dramas
- 61465 - Visually-striking Foreign Supernatural Dramas
- 3856 - Gritty Military Dramas
- 63258 - Visually-striking French Dramas
- 12325 - Visually-striking French-Language Dramas
- 57562 - Visually-striking Gangster Dramas
- 16177 - Visually-striking Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 59300 - Visually-striking German Dramas
- 12529 - Visually-striking German-Language Dramas
- 10021 - Visually-striking Gory Dramas
- 14002 - Visually-striking Gritty Crime Dramas
- 12475 - Visually-striking Gritty Dramas
- 54588 - Visually-striking Gritty Dramas based on Books
- 24300 - Visually-striking Gritty Foreign Dramas
- 77009 - Visually-striking Gritty Gangster Dramas
- 78850 - Visually-striking Gritty Independent Crime Dramas
- 23140 - Visually-striking Gritty Independent Dramas
- 24287 - Visually-striking Heartfelt Dramas
- 64762 - Visually-striking Hong Kong Dramas
- 12133 - Visually-striking Imaginative Dramas
- 6972 - Latino Dramas
- 37792 - Visually-striking Imaginative Romantic Dramas
- 11836 - Visually-striking Independent Crime Dramas
- 53132 - Visually-striking Independent Dramas based on Books
- 67278 - Visually-striking Independent Showbiz Dramas
- 13995 - Visually-striking Inspiring Dramas
- 88841 - Visually-striking Inspiring Foreign Dramas
- 23039 - Visually-striking Italian Dramas
- 64450 - Visually-striking Latin American Dramas
- 12448 - Visually-striking Military Dramas
- 3613 - Gritty Political Dramas from the 1980s
- 12043 - Visually-striking Mind-bending Independent Dramas
- 35944 - Visually-striking Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 2631 - Gritty Psychological Dramas
- 84402 - Visually-striking Ominous Dramas
- 45637 - Visually-striking Prison Dramas
- 12308 - Visually-striking Psychological Dramas
- 11738 - Visually-striking Quirky Dramas
- 12204 - Visually-striking Quirky Independent Dramas
- 1655 - Gritty Spanish-Language Dramas
- 15092 - Visually-striking Revenge Dramas
- 45591 - Visually-striking Road Trip Dramas
- 26346 - Visually-striking Romantic British Dramas
- 23686 - Visually-striking Romantic Chinese Dramas
- 22970 - Visually-striking Romantic Coming-of-age Dramas
- 17820 - Visually-striking Romantic Crime Dramas
- 6307 - Visually-striking Romantic Dramas
- 52788 - Visually-striking Romantic Dramas based on Books
- 35159 - Visually-striking Romantic Dramas based on real life
- 550 - Gritty Sports Dramas
- 21476 - Visually-striking Romantic Dramas from the 1980s
- 85875 - Visually-striking Romantic East Asian Dramas
- 22884 - Visually-striking Romantic First-Love Dramas
- 16879 - Visually-striking Romantic Foreign Dramas
- 63884 - Visually-striking Romantic French Dramas
- 16863 - Visually-striking Romantic Independent Dramas
- 63760 - Visually-striking Scandinavian Dramas
- 12518 - Visually-striking Sci-Fi Dramas
- 21168 - Visually-striking Showbiz Dramas
- 12296 - Visually-striking Steamy Dramas
- 36055 - Visually-striking Steamy Romantic Dramas
- 42375 - Visually-striking Supernatural Dramas
- 4853 - Gritty War Dramas
- 37676 - Visually-striking Tortured-Genius Dramas
- 81082 - Visually-striking True Crime Dramas
- 13943 - Visually-striking Understated Dramas
- 78096 - Visually-striking Understated Dramas based on Books
- 26382 - Visually-striking Understated Foreign Dramas
- 34784 - Visually-striking Understated Independent Dramas
- 11531 - Visually-striking War Dramas
- 14271 - Visually-striking Witty Dramas
- 89870 - Visually-striking Witty Independent Dramas
- 3379 - Heartfelt Biographical Dramas
- 71075 - Visually-striking WWII Dramas
- 7563 - War Dramas
- 985 - Heartfelt Dramas
- 12964 - War Dramas based on classic literature
- 13159 - War Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 7213 - War Dramas based on real life
- 5700 - War Dramas from the 1960s
- 5724 - War Dramas from the 1970s
- 160 - Heartfelt Independent Dramas
- 14579 - Wedding Dramas
- 89312 - Werewolf TV Dramas
- 19968 - Whistleblower Dramas
- 19902 - Whistleblower Dramas based on real life
- 290 - Heartfelt War Dramas
- 14536 - Wilderness-survival Dramas
- 55190 - Wilderness-survival Dramas based on Books
- 45562 - Wilderness-survival Dramas based on Classic Literature
- 21350 - Wilderness-survival Dramas based on real life
- 37319 - Witty BBC Dramas
- 52697 - Witty British Crime TV Dramas
- 55263 - Witty British Dramas based on Books
- 33683 - Witty British Dramas based on classic literature
- 42712 - Witty British Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 40336 - Witty British Dramas from the 1980s
- 88535 - Witty British Historical TV Dramas
- 52149 - Witty British TV Dramas
- 37922 - Witty Buddy Dramas
- 9131 - Witty Coming-of-age Dramas
- 5704 - Witty Crime Dramas
- 25863 - Witty Crime TV Dramas
- 38131 - Witty Detective TV Dramas
- 5258 - Witty Dramas
- 10651 - Witty Dramas based on Books
- 13143 - Witty Dramas based on classic literature
- 33899 - Witty Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 12307 - Witty Dramas based on real life
- 23346 - Witty Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 27321 - Witty Dysfunctional-Family Dramas
- 26882 - Witty Fight-the-System Dramas
- 45498 - Witty Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 64660 - Witty French Dramas
- 9345 - Witty French-Language Dramas
- 88486 - Witty Historical TV Dramas
- 10777 - Witty Independent Crime Dramas
- 11017 - Witty Independent Dramas
- 89249 - Witty Independent Dramas based on Books
- 45462 - Witty Independent Road Trip Dramas
- 33203 - Witty Mid-Life-Crisis Dramas
- 75353 - Witty Mother-Son Dramas
- 45514 - Witty Road Trip Dramas
- 35960 - Witty Romantic British Dramas
- 293 - Imaginative Independent Dramas
- 54695 - Witty Romantic British Dramas based on Books
- 36052 - Witty Romantic Dramas
- 54344 - Witty Romantic Dramas based on Books
- 35595 - Witty Romantic Dramas based on classic literature
- 56036 - Witty Romantic Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 36599 - Witty Romantic Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 35786 - Witty Romantic Dramas from the 1960s
- 35610 - Witty Romantic Dramas from the 1970s
- 35765 - Witty Romantic Dramas from the 1980s
- 36410 - Witty Romantic Foreign Dramas
- 64918 - Witty Romantic French Dramas
- 36160 - Witty Romantic French-Language Dramas
- 35695 - Witty Romantic Independent Dramas
- 36378 - Witty Romantic Showbiz Dramas
- 36462 - Witty Romantic TV Dramas
- 6207 - Witty Showbiz Dramas
- 46236 - Witty Showbiz Dramas based on real life
- 38816 - Witty Suspenseful TV Dramas
- 26143 - Witty TV Dramas
- 25798 - Witty TV Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 79438 - Witty TV Dramas from the 1990s
- 4708 - Independent Biographical Dramas
- 77126 - Witty US TV Dramas
- 34990 - Witty Workplace TV Dramas
- 70870 - Witty WWII Dramas
- 1071 - Independent Coming-of-age Dramas
- 35195 - Workplace Dramas
- 34941 - Workplace TV Dramas
- 3010 - Independent Coming-of-age Dramas based on Books
- 71539 - WWI Dramas
- 70991 - WWI Dramas based on Books
- 71516 - WWI Dramas based on real life
- 505 - Independent Crime Dramas based on Books
- 4995 - Independent Crime Dramas from the 1970s
- 70048 - WWII Dramas
- 71479 - WWII Dramas based on Books
- 71275 - WWII Dramas based on classic literature
- 70472 - WWII Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 70088 - WWII Dramas based on real life
- 70993 - WWII Dramas from the 1960s
- 70887 - WWII Dramas from the 1970s
- 3945 - Independent Dramas based on a book from the 1980s
- 452 - Drama Anime
- 6206 - Critically Acclaimed Dramas
- 3339 - Independent Dramas based on Books
- 223 - Independent Dramas on Blu-ray
- 3100 - Independent Sci-Fi Dramas
- 3682 - British Dramas
- 3045 - Indian Political Dramas
- 369 - Inspiring Coming-of-age Dramas
- 3008 - Inspiring Courtroom Dramas
- 4084 - Inspiring Dramas based on Books
- 796 - Inspiring Foreign Dramas
- 1531 - Inspiring Independent Sports Dramas
- 2192 - Inspiring Military Dramas
- 3404 - Inspiring Sports Dramas based on real life
- 697 - Irreverent Foreign Dramas
- 72354 - US TV Dramas
- 4107 - Italian Crime Dramas
- 853 - Italian Political Dramas
- 3297 - Japanese Crime Dramas from the 1960s
- 2718 - Jewish Dramas
- 2361 - Latino Crime Dramas
- 4588 - Mexican Dramas from the 1950s
- 4612 - Mexican Dramas from the 1960s
- 4637 - Mexican Dramas from the 1970s
- 4667 - Mexican Dramas from the 1980s
- 2202 - Military Dramas based on Books
- 4425 - Brazilian Dramas
- 2144 - Military Dramas based on real life
- 3082 - Mind-bending Dramas
- 3020 - Mind-bending Dramas based on a book
- 672 - Mind-bending French-Language Dramas
- 3426 - Mind-bending Psychological Dramas
- 2757 - Mexican Dramas
- 75459 - Police Dramas
- 76507 - Military & War Dramas
- 78628 - Nordic Dramas
- 62140 - Swedish Dramas