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
- 17402 - Coming-of-age Dramas based on real life
- 6606 - Coming-of-age Dramas for ages 11 to 12
- 5019 - Coming-of-age Dramas from the 1980s
- 31539 - Coming-of-age Family Dramas
- 26014 - Coming-of-age TV Dramas
- 53372 - Coming-of-age TV Teen Dramas
- 20575 - Con-Game Dramas
- 27764 - Conspiracy Dramas
- 55152 - Conspiracy Dramas based on Books
- 35898 - Conspiracy Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 27197 - Conspiracy Dramas based on real life
- 49671 - Conspiracy Dramas from the 1980s
- 28039 - Conspiracy TV Dramas
- 5279 - Controversial Crime Dramas
- 5672 - Controversial Dramas
- 66668 - Controversial Dramas based on Books
- 78346 - Controversial Dramas based on Contemporary Literature
- 22761 - Controversial Dramas based on real life
- 32158 - Controversial Dramas Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 54571 - Controversial Dramas from the 1970s
- 40667 - Controversial Foreign Dramas
- 71808 - Controversial French Dramas
- 88665 - Controversial French-Language Dramas
- 40804 - Controversial Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 10625 - Controversial Independent Dramas
- 7514 - Controversial Independent Social Issue Dramas
- 10501 - Controversial Political Dramas
- 67124 - Controversial Political Dramas based on real life
- 36418 - Controversial Romantic Dramas
- 10587 - Controversial Social Issue Dramas
- 50493 - Controversial Social Issue Dramas based on real life
- 44190 - Controversial TV Dramas
- 66807 - Courtroom Dramas based on bestsellers
- 50598 - Courtroom Dramas based on classic literature
- 13182 - Courtroom Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 11660 - Courtroom Dramas based on real life
- 17598 - Courtroom Dramas based on real life from the 1980s
- 9264 - Courtroom Dramas from the 1980s
- 9607 - Courtroom Social Issue Dramas
- 89031 - Courtroom Social Issue Dramas based on Books
- 13244 - Crime Dramas based on bestsellers
- 6794 - Crime Dramas based on Books
- 13218 - Crime Dramas based on classic literature
- 13131 - Crime Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 11307 - Crime Dramas from the 1940s
- 11384 - Crime Dramas from the 1970s
- 11412 - Crime Dramas from the 1980s
- 70910 - Crime TV Dramas created by Colin Dexter
- 39295 - Crime TV Dramas from the 1980s
- 70918 - Crime TV Dramas from the 1980s created by Colin Dexter
- 79216 - Crime TV Dramas from the 1990s
- 90610 - Crime TV Teen Dramas
- 7132 - Critically-acclaimed African-American Dramas
- 60819 - Critically-acclaimed Argentinian Dramas
- 5303 - Critically-acclaimed Australian Dramas
- 58285 - Critically-acclaimed Australian Independent Dramas
- 13137 - Critically-acclaimed Biographical Crime Dramas
- 11324 - Critically-acclaimed Biographical Dramas
- 26837 - Critically-acclaimed Biographical Political Dramas
- 81113 - Critically-acclaimed Biographical True Crime Dramas
- 90221 - Critically-acclaimed Biographical WWII Dramas
- 38238 - Critically-acclaimed British Biographical Dramas
- 11036 - Critically-acclaimed British Crime Dramas
- 5694 - Critically-acclaimed British Dramas
- 5246 - Critically-acclaimed British Dramas based on Books
- 13639 - Critically-acclaimed British Dramas based on real life
- 9846 - Critically-acclaimed British Dramas from the 1980s
- 89112 - Critically-acclaimed British Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 8284 - Critically-acclaimed British Political Dramas
- 56080 - Critically-acclaimed British Social Issue Dramas
- 27483 - Critically-acclaimed Buddy Dramas
- 16747 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Biographical Dramas
- 16292 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral British Dramas
- 54504 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Dramas based on Books
- 9135 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Dramas from the 1980s
- 86663 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral East Asian Dramas
- 9379 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Foreign Dramas
- 61875 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral French Dramas
- 5360 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Independent Dramas
- 89123 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Middle Eastern Dramas
- 9882 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Political Dramas
- 35331 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Romantic Dramas
- 36537 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Romantic Foreign Dramas
- 63973 - Critically-acclaimed Cerebral Romantic French Dramas
- 7559 - Critically-acclaimed Chinese Dramas
- 27363 - Critically-acclaimed Conspiracy Dramas
- 8014 - Critically-acclaimed Controversial Social Issue Dramas
- 7214 - Critically-acclaimed Courtroom Dramas
- 16783 - Critically-acclaimed Courtroom Dramas from the 1980s
- 9361 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Dramas from the 1940s
- 9427 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Dramas from the 1970s
- 9451 - Critically-acclaimed Crime Dramas from the 1980s
- 64667 - Critically-acclaimed Danish Dramas
- 16043 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Biographical Dramas
- 8577 - Critically-acclaimed Dark British Dramas
- 24837 - Critically-acclaimed Dark British Independent Dramas
- 25274 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Chinese Dramas
- 15521 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Courtroom Dramas
- 83611 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Danish Dramas
- 7973 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Dramas
- 10009 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Dramas based on Books
- 12673 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Dramas based on real life
- 25171 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Drug Dramas
- 27799 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Dysfunctional-Family Dramas
- 86719 - Critically-acclaimed Dark East Asian Dramas
- 65324 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Eastern European Dramas
- 20249 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Father-Son Dramas
- 27262 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Fight-the-System Dramas
- 7020 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Foreign Dramas
- 25208 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Foreign Father-Son Dramas
- 88992 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Foreign WWII Dramas
- 63040 - Critically-acclaimed Dark French Dramas
- 7297 - Critically-acclaimed Dark French-Language Dramas
- 43856 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Gangster Dramas
- 24952 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 63946 - Critically-acclaimed Dark German Dramas
- 10340 - Critically-acclaimed Dark German-Language Dramas
- 6248 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Independent Dramas
- 24881 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Italian Dramas
- 62733 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Italian-Language Dramas
- 62173 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Latin American Dramas
- 60562 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Middle Eastern Dramas
- 15308 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Military Dramas
- 7535 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Psychological Dramas
- 21176 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Revenge Dramas
- 36504 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Romantic Dramas
- 35604 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Romantic Foreign Dramas
- 74388 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Romantic French Dramas
- 36376 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Romantic Independent Dramas
- 83597 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Russian Dramas
- 22773 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Scandinavian Dramas
- 14031 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Social Issue Dramas
- 53842 - Critically-acclaimed Dark Spanish-Language Dramas
- 70456 - Critically-acclaimed Dark WWII Dramas
- 89728 - Critically-acclaimed Deep Sea Dramas
- 77267 - Critically-acclaimed Dramas about Fame
- 20276 - Critically-acclaimed Dramas about Marriage
- 14788 - Critically-acclaimed Dramas about Royalty
- 74401 - Critically-acclaimed Dramas based on Bestsellers
- 5796 - Critically-acclaimed Dramas based on real life
- 81530 - Critically-acclaimed Dramas for Hopeless Romantics
- 7752 - Critically-acclaimed Dramas from the 1940s
- 7773 - Critically-acclaimed Dramas from the 1950s
- 7789 - Critically-acclaimed Dramas from the 1960s
- 7811 - Critically-acclaimed Dramas from the 1970s
- 7838 - Critically-acclaimed Dramas from the 1980s
- 79746 - Critically-acclaimed Dramas set in Ancient Times
- 20136 - Critically-acclaimed Drug Dramas
- 27184 - Critically-acclaimed Dysfunctional-Family Dramas
- 87604 - Critically-acclaimed East Asian Crime Dramas
- 85864 - Critically-acclaimed East Asian Dramas
- 58723 - Critically-acclaimed Eastern European Dramas
- 40988 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional British Dramas
- 79799 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Coming-of-age Dramas
- 82787 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Courtroom Dramas
- 7268 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Dramas based on Books
- 16335 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Dramas from the 1940s
- 39528 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Dramas from the 1960s
- 21361 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Dramas from the 1970s
- 87192 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional East Asian Dramas
- 67976 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Father-Daughter Dramas
- 40233 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Fight-the-System Dramas
- 79788 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional First-Love Dramas
- 32248 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 11776 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Foreign Dramas
- 62763 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional French Dramas
- 23057 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional French-Language Dramas
- 39718 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 6541 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Independent Dramas
- 68204 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Italian Dramas
- 68212 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Italian-Language Dramas
- 16028 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Military Dramas
- 32837 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 52069 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Mother-Son Dramas
- 74373 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Showbiz Dramas
- 23168 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Social Issue Dramas
- 79741 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Spanish-Language Dramas
- 80181 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional Sports Dramas
- 71321 - Critically-acclaimed Emotional WWII Dramas
- 9885 - Critically-acclaimed Exciting Dramas
- 10315 - Critically-acclaimed Experimental Dramas
- 30920 - Critically-acclaimed Family Dramas
- 64896 - Critically-acclaimed Farsi-Language Dramas
- 20595 - Critically-acclaimed Father-Daughter Dramas
- 20419 - Critically-acclaimed Father-Son Dramas
- 10708 - Critically-acclaimed Feel-good Dramas
- 28349 - Critically-acclaimed Fight-the-System Dramas
- 19652 - Critically-acclaimed First-Love Dramas
- 17944 - Critically-acclaimed Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 34333 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Biographical Dramas
- 37791 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Coming-of-age Dramas
- 90705 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Dramas based on Books
- 21318 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Dramas based on real life
- 7347 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Dramas from the 1980s
- 19468 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Father-Daughter Dramas
- 20565 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Father-Son Dramas
- 27575 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Fight-the-System Dramas
- 37774 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign First-Love Dramas
- 44295 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 76991 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Gangster Dramas
- 16181 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 35189 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Mid-Life-Crisis Dramas
- 15249 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Military Dramas
- 20753 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Mother-Daughter Dramas
- 18267 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Revenge Dramas
- 74343 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign Showbiz Dramas
- 71157 - Critically-acclaimed Foreign WWII Dramas
- 79800 - Critically-acclaimed French Biographical Dramas
- 61437 - Critically-acclaimed French Crime Dramas
- 58693 - Critically-acclaimed French Dramas
- 62710 - Critically-acclaimed French Dramas based on real life
- 89460 - Critically-acclaimed French Independent Dramas
- 65113 - Critically-acclaimed French Political Dramas
- 74243 - Critically-acclaimed French-Language Political Dramas
- 12217 - Critically-acclaimed Gambling Dramas
- 31644 - Critically-acclaimed Gangster Dramas
- 8270 - Critically-acclaimed Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 58672 - Critically-acclaimed German Dramas
- 5919 - Critically-acclaimed German-Language Dramas
- 25337 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Biographical Dramas
- 15680 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty British Dramas
- 68545 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty British Independent Dramas
- 5168 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Dramas
- 55630 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Dramas based on Books
- 12213 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Dramas based on real life
- 21664 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Dramas from the 1940s
- 33122 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Dramas from the 1960s
- 34484 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Dramas from the 1970s
- 24592 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Drug Dramas
- 87200 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty East Asian Dramas
- 72261 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Eastern European Dramas
- 27865 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Fight-the-System Dramas
- 37073 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Foreign Crime Dramas
- 30705 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Gangster Dramas
- 78273 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 6109 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Independent Dramas
- 66779 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Latin American Dramas
- 6685 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Military Dramas
- 24446 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Prison Dramas
- 37000 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Revenge Dramas
- 16744 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Social Issue Dramas
- 71708 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Spanish-Language Dramas
- 77195 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty Sports Dramas
- 81036 - Critically-acclaimed Gritty True Crime Dramas
- 5427 - Critically-acclaimed Heartfelt Dramas
- 23961 - Critically-acclaimed Heartfelt Foreign Dramas
- 21252 - Critically-acclaimed Heartfelt Independent Dramas
- 39821 - Critically-acclaimed Heartfelt Social Issue Dramas
- 59881 - Critically-acclaimed Hebrew-Language Dramas
- 24611 - Critically-acclaimed High School Dramas