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
- 6206 - Critically-acclaimed Dramas
- 2808 - Political Dramas based on real life
- 1027 - Political Dramas from the 1920s
- 1112 - Political Dramas from the 1950s
- 1139 - Political Dramas from the 1960s
- 1163 - Political Dramas from the 1970s
- 1185 - Political Dramas from the 1980s
- 579 - Political Dramas on Blu-ray
- 1338 - Psychological Dramas
- 1961 - Psychological Dramas from the 1940s
- 2066 - Psychological Dramas from the 1980s
- 3234 - Quirky Dramas from the 1970s
- 3268 - Quirky Dramas from the 1980s
- 3153 - Quirky Foreign Dramas from the 1980s
- 3171 - Quirky Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 2696 - Scandinavian Dramas
- 3138 - Quirky Independent Crime Dramas
- 4100 - Quirky Independent Dramas
- 139 - Quirky Independent Dramas from the 1980s
- 2237 - Quirky Independent Showbiz Dramas
- 59064 - Danish Dramas
- 965 - Quirky Showbiz Dramas
- 1610 - Quirky Teen Dramas
- 62235 - Norwegian Dramas
- 6763 - Latin American Dramas
- 488 - Romantic Biographical Dramas
- 4680 - Romantic British Dramas
- 2504 - Romantic British Independent Dramas
- 2302 - Romantic Coming-of-age Dramas
- 1609 - Romantic Crime Dramas from the 1980s
- 9873 - Dutch Dramas
- 2129 - Romantic Dramas based on a book from the 1930s
- 692 - Romantic Dramas based on real life
- 631 - Romantic Dramas from the 1930s
- 656 - Romantic Dramas from the 1940s
- 688 - Romantic Dramas from the 1950s
- 721 - Romantic Dramas from the 1960s
- 744 - Romantic Dramas from the 1970s
- 771 - Romantic Dramas from the 1980s
- 878 - Romantic Foreign Crime Dramas
- 3134 - Romantic Foreign Dramas
- 101 - Romantic Foreign War Dramas
- 787 - Romantic French-Language Dramas
- 1786 - Romantic Independent Biographical Dramas
- 1821 - Romantic Independent Crime Dramas
- 2960 - Romantic Independent Political Dramas
- 4729 - Romantic Indian Dramas
- 1872 - Romantic Political Dramas
- 1332 - Romantic Social Issue Dramas
- 1378 - Romantic Teen Coming-of-age Dramas
- 330 - Romantic Teen Dramas
- 2682 - Romantic War Dramas from the 1950s
- 3708 - Russian Political Dramas
- 4138 - Russian War Dramas
- 4455 - Scandinavian Crime Dramas
- 3488 - Scary Dramas
- 2910 - Scary Dramas from the 1970s
- 2933 - Scary Dramas from the 1980s
- 3725 - Scary Foreign Crime Dramas
- 1677 - Scary Foreign Dramas from the 1970s
- 4860 - Scary Independent Dramas
- 71591 - Historical Dramas
- 805 - Sci-Fi Dramas from the 1970s
- 829 - Sci-Fi Dramas from the 1980s
- 2301 - Sentimental African-American Dramas
- 3452 - Sentimental Biographical Dramas
- 2183 - Sentimental Dramas
- 2741 - Sentimental Dramas based on a book from the 1980s
- 3560 - Sentimental Dramas based on real life
- 4859 - Sentimental Dramas for ages 11 to 12
- 58677 - French Dramas
- 2505 - Sentimental Dramas on Blu-ray
- 3759 - Sentimental Indian Dramas
- 1368 - Sentimental Political Dramas
- 4191 - Sentimental Social Issue Dramas
- 3446 - Sentimental Spanish-Language Dramas
- 1013 - Sentimental Teen Dramas
- 4051 - Sentimental War Dramas
- 234 - Showbiz Dramas from the 1950s
- 263 - Showbiz Dramas from the 1960s
- 287 - Showbiz Dramas from the 1970s
- 310 - Showbiz Dramas from the 1980s
- 4176 - Social Issue Dramas based on Books
- 2707 - Social Issue Dramas based on real life
- 3635 - Spanish-Language Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 4113 - Spanish-Language Political Dramas
- 3349 - Sports Dramas based on Books
- 4072 - Sports Dramas based on real life
- 986 - Sports Dramas for ages 8 to 10
- 2536 - Spy Dramas
- 2333 - Steamy Biographical Dramas
- 3699 - Steamy British Dramas
- 4170 - Steamy British Independent Dramas
- 3948 - Steamy Coming-of-age Dramas
- 2562 - Steamy Foreign Crime Dramas
- 2187 - Steamy Foreign Dramas
- 4430 - Steamy Foreign Dramas from the 1960s
- 4461 - Steamy Foreign Dramas from the 1970s
- 4492 - Steamy Foreign Dramas from the 1980s
- 4593 - Steamy Foreign Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 4967 - Steamy French-Language Dramas
- 3914 - Steamy French-Language Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 4754 - Steamy Independent Dramas
- 2980 - Steamy Independent Dramas based on Books
- 4322 - Steamy Italian Dramas
- 89804 - Award-winning Dramas
- 4085 - Steamy Japanese Dramas
- 1483 - Steamy Political Dramas
- 58755 - German Dramas
- 665 - Suspenseful Australian Dramas
- 1390 - Suspenseful Courtroom Dramas
- 3405 - Suspenseful Courtroom Dramas from the 1980s
- 740 - Suspenseful Dramas based on a book from the 1950s
- 3238 - Suspenseful Dramas based on real life
- 1276 - Suspenseful Dramas from the 1920s
- 1304 - Suspenseful Dramas from the 1930s
- 1330 - Suspenseful Dramas from the 1940s
- 1364 - Suspenseful Dramas from the 1950s
- 1396 - Suspenseful Dramas from the 1960s
- 1421 - Suspenseful Dramas from the 1970s
- 1450 - Suspenseful Dramas from the 1980s
- 1727 - Suspenseful Dramas on Blu-ray
- 1385 - Suspenseful German-Language Dramas
- 1780 - Suspenseful Independent Dramas
- 1545 - Suspenseful Independent Political Dramas
- 3760 - Suspenseful Independent Psychological Dramas
- 717 - Suspenseful Japanese Dramas
- 2511 - Suspenseful Political Dramas based on Books
- 1253 - Suspenseful Sci-Fi Dramas
- 2830 - Suspenseful Spanish-Language Dramas
- 34204 - Medical TV Dramas
- 4473 - Suspenseful Sports Dramas
- 1971 - Suspenseful Spy Dramas
- 4295 - Teen Coming-of-age Dramas
- 3283 - Thai Dramas
- 11075 - Australian Dramas
- 1058 - Understated British Dramas based on Books
- 2995 - Understated Crime Dramas
- 1032 - Understated Dramas from the 1950s
- 1060 - Understated Dramas from the 1960s
- 1093 - Understated Dramas from the 1970s
- 1114 - Understated Dramas from the 1980s
- 4020 - Understated Foreign Crime Dramas
- 4142 - Understated Foreign Dramas
- 3098 - Understated Foreign Dramas from the 1960s
- 3140 - Understated Foreign Dramas from the 1980s
- 3987 - Understated Foreign Political Dramas
- 1907 - Understated French-Language Dramas
- 4897 - Understated Independent Crime Dramas
- 903 - Understated Independent Dramas based on Books
- 3118 - Understated Independent Political Dramas
- 758 - Understated Japanese Dramas
- 3731 - Understated War Dramas
- 4316 - Violent African-American Crime Dramas
- 1017 - Violent Crime Dramas
- 3422 - Violent Crime Dramas from the 1970s
- 3450 - Violent Crime Dramas from the 1980s
- 3863 - Violent Dramas
- 2589 - Violent Foreign Crime Dramas
- 794 - Steamy Dramas
- 2329 - Violent Foreign Dramas
- 402 - Violent Military Dramas on Blu-ray
- 2893 - Japanese Dramas
- 43 - Violent Political Dramas
- 441 - Violent War Dramas from the 1980s
- 4487 - Violent War Dramas on Blu-ray
- 363 - Visually-striking Biographical Dramas
- 4361 - Visually-striking Cerebral Dramas
- 1471 - Visually-striking Dark Dramas
- 1893 - Visually-striking Dark Independent Dramas
- 3438 - Visually-striking Dramas
- 1924 - Visually-striking Dramas on Blu-ray
- 3102 - Visually-striking Emotional Dramas
- 1957 - Visually-striking Foreign Dramas
- 2261 - Visually-striking Independent Dramas
- 264 - Visually-striking Mind-bending Dramas
- 362 - Visually-striking Suspenseful Dramas
- 1195 - War Dramas based on Books
- 554 - War Dramas based on real life from the 1980s
- 2843 - War Dramas on Blu-ray
- 2159 - Witty Biographical Dramas
- 4837 - Witty British Dramas
- 3314 - Witty Dramas from the 1940s
- 3342 - Witty Dramas from the 1950s
- 3371 - Witty Dramas from the 1960s
- 3400 - Witty Dramas from the 1970s
- 3424 - Witty Dramas from the 1980s
- 3298 - Witty Foreign Dramas
- 1413 - Witty Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 424 - Witty Independent Showbiz Dramas
- 2070663 - Japanese Youth TV Dramas
- 979 - Witty Political Dramas
- 1402191 - Japanese Period Dramas
- 1208954 - International TV Dramas
- 1208621 - International Historical TV Dramas
- 711367 - Japanese TV Dramas
- 1502288 - Youth Drama
- 1652485 - Japanese Youth Dramas
- 10718 - African Dramas
- 71770 - African Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 1636573 - Japanese TV Family Dramas
- 60358 - African Social Issue Dramas
- 23286 - African-American Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 20573 - African-American Drug Dramas
- 9322 - African-American Independent Dramas
- 12225 - African-American Independent Social Issue Dramas
- 34873 - African-American Mother-Son Dramas
- 5922 - African-American Social Issue Dramas
- 71047 - Amateur Detective Dramas
- 70776 - Amateur Detective Dramas based on Books
- 71165 - Amateur Detective Dramas from the 1980s
- 70570 - Amateur Detective TV Dramas
- 79448 - Anime Dramas from the 1990s
- 1476418 - Blockbuster International Dramas
- 60018 - Arabic-Language Dramas
- 40758 - Argentinian Crime Dramas
- 44484 - Argentinian Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 24268 - Argentinian Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 5763 - Dramas
- 24814 - Australian Biographical Dramas
- 55057 - Australian Dramas based on Books
- 24810 - Australian Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 17487 - Australian Dramas based on real life
- 28371 - Australian Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 68822 - Australian Dramas from the 1970s
- 59679 - Australian Father-Son Dramas
- 10123 - Australian Independent Dramas
- 58796 - Spanish Dramas
- 52363 - Australian TV Dramas
- 4282 - Italian Dramas
- 78053 - BAFTA Award-winning Cerebral Dramas
- 71655 - BAFTA Award-Winning Dark Dramas
- 69947 - BAFTA Award-Winning Dramas
- 12781 - Baseball Dramas
- 39757 - Baseball Dramas based on real life
- 12800 - Basketball Dramas
- 33551 - Basketball Dramas based on real life
- 25879 - BBC Crime TV Dramas
- 69984 - BBC Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 88530 - BBC Historical TV Dramas
- 11625 - Belgian Dramas
- 93077 - Belgian Dutch-Language Dramas
- 62111 - Bengali-Language Dramas
- 83182 - Best Actor Golden Globe Award-winning Crime TV Dramas
- 83088 - Best Actor Golden Globe Award-winning Dark TV Dramas
- 82509 - Best Actor Golden Globe Award-winning Dramas
- 82689 - Best Actor Golden Globe Award-winning Emotional Dramas
- 82768 - Best Actor Golden Globe Award-winning Romantic Dramas
- 82770 - Best Actor Golden Globe Award-winning Showbiz Dramas
- 83221 - Best Actor Golden Globe Award-winning TV Dramas