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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Action & Adventure
- 59986 - Witty Spy Action Comedies
- 40278 - Witty Suspenseful Action & Adventure
- 43162 - Witty Suspenseful Action Comedies
- 85507 - Witty Suspenseful Action Thrillers
- 52648 - Witty Suspenseful British TV Action & Adventure
- 38722 - Witty Suspenseful Space-Travel TV Action & Adventure
- 38386 - Witty Suspenseful TV Action & Adventure
- 39448 - Witty Suspenseful TV Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 4898 - Independent Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 4919 - Independent Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 26067 - Witty TV Action & Adventure
- 39444 - Witty TV Action & Adventure from the 1960s
- 35497 - Witty TV Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 2254 - Independent Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 70405 - WWI Action & Adventure
- 70122 - WWII Action & Adventure
- 71416 - WWII Action & Adventure based on real life
- 70627 - WWII Action & Adventure from the 1960s
- 70630 - WWII Action Thrillers
- 70708 - WWII Adventures
- 75882 - Zombie Action & Adventure
- 75858 - Zombie Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 75896 - Zombie Action Thrillers
- 77348 - Zombie Asian Action Movies
- 2653 - Action Anime
- 925 - Indian Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 951 - Indian Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 2870 - Indian Crime Action & Adventure
- 464 - Irreverent Action & Adventure
- 1302 - British Action & Adventure
- 524 - Japanese Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 2653 - Anime Action
- 407 - Japanese Crime Action & Adventure
- 75418 - Police Action & Adventure
- 3935 - Latino Crime Action & Adventure
- 1923 - Military Action & Adventure from the 1940s
- 1945 - Military Action & Adventure from the 1950s
- 1965 - Military Action & Adventure from the 1960s
- 1992 - Military Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 2022 - Military Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 4751 - Mind-bending Action & Adventure
- 76501 - Military & War Action & Adventure
- 78643 - Nordic Action & Adventure
- 899 - Critically-acclaimed Action & Adventure
- 3689 - Political Action & Adventure on Blu-ray
- 87 - Quirky Adventures
- 10377 - Mexican Action & Adventure
- 2684 - Quirky Crime Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 851 - Quirky Foreign Action & Adventure
- 498 - Quirky Independent Action & Adventure
- 3775 - Quirky Independent Crime Action & Adventure
- 2884 - Raunchy Action & Adventure
- 2119 - Raunchy Crime Action & Adventure
- 952 - Romantic Crime Action & Adventure
- 3659 - Russian Action & Adventure
- 4153 - Scary Action & Adventure
- 3023 - Scary Action & Adventure on Blu-ray
- 1453 - Scary Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 3468 - Scary Foreign Action & Adventure
- 801362 - Action
- 1388 - Sci-Fi Adventure based on Books
- 3507 - Sci-Fi Adventure for ages 8 to 10
- 4879 - Sentimental Action & Adventure
- 3937 - Sentimental Adventures
- 4054 - Spy Action & Adventure from the 1960s
- 4078 - Spy Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 4108 - Spy Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 2383 - Steamy Action & Adventure
- 42 - Suspenseful Action & Adventure
- 4820 - Suspenseful Action & Adventure based on real life
- 1849 - Suspenseful Action & Adventure from the 1930s
- 1874 - Suspenseful Action & Adventure from the 1940s
- 1899 - Suspenseful Action & Adventure from the 1950s
- 1920 - Suspenseful Action & Adventure from the 1960s
- 1941 - Suspenseful Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 1963 - Suspenseful Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 3637 - Suspenseful Action & Adventure starring Wesley Snipes
- 3265 - Suspenseful African-American Action & Adventure
- 787907 - Blockbuster Action
- 3267 - Suspenseful Military Action & Adventure
- 679 - Suspenseful Military Action & Adventure on Blu-ray
- 788212 - Crime Action
- 3075 - Suspenseful Political Action & Adventure
- 559 - Suspenseful Psychological Action & Adventure
- 940 - Suspenseful Spy Action & Adventure
- 3841 - Suspenseful Spy Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 3754 - Teen Action & Adventure
- 70 - Thai Action & Adventure
- 4838 - Travel & Adventure Documentaries from the 1980s
- 4851 - Travel & Adventure Documentaries on IMAX
- 484 - Understated Action & Adventure
- 3288 - Violent Action & Adventure on Blu-ray
- 2040 - Violent Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 3857 - Violent Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy from the 1980s
- 1056 - Violent African-American Action & Adventure
- 1964 - Violent Crime Action & Adventure
- 1927 - Violent Foreign Action & Adventure
- 2239 - Violent Foreign Crime Action & Adventure
- 4023 - Violent Independent Action & Adventure
- 4779 - Violent Military Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 4246 - Visually-striking Action & Adventure on Blu-ray
- 3771 - Visually-striking Crime Action & Adventure
- 4648 - Visually-striking Violent Action & Adventure
- 1192487 - International TV Action & Adventure
- 4344 - Japanese Action & Adventure
- 67659 - Action
- 14901 - Action & Adventure about Royalty
- 72484 - Action & Adventure based on a Video Game
- 13304 - Action & Adventure based on bestsellers
- 7103 - Action & Adventure based on Books
- 13110 - Action & Adventure based on classic literature
- 13198 - Action & Adventure based on contemporary literature
- 5082 - Action & Adventure based on real life
- 23068 - Action & Adventure based on real life from the 1960s
- 14412 - Action & Adventure based on real life from the 1970s
- 17843 - Action & Adventure directed by Benny Chan
- 22944 - Action & Adventure directed by Burt Kennedy
- 10066 - Action & Adventure directed by Cheh Chang
- 24737 - Action & Adventure directed by Chia-Liang Liu
- 7050 - Action & Adventure directed by Jing Wong
- 64780 - Action & Adventure directed by John Frankenheimer
- 69058 - Action & Adventure directed by John McTiernan
- 11765 - Action & Adventure directed by Johnnie To
- 79159 - Action & Adventure directed by Michael Bay
- 69282 - Action & Adventure directed by Peter Jackson
- 75195 - Action & Adventure directed by Ram Gopal Varma
- 59919 - Action & Adventure directed by Renny Harlin
- 37053 - Action & Adventure directed by Richard Fleischer
- 43921 - Action & Adventure directed by Ridley Scott
- 71562 - Action & Adventure directed by Rob Cohen
- 34522 - Action & Adventure directed by Robert Rodriguez
- 37482 - Action & Adventure directed by Russell Mulcahy
- 10171 - Action & Adventure directed by Takashi Miike
- 43426 - Action & Adventure directed by Tony Scott
- 67433 - Action & Adventure directed by Uwe Boll
- 7914 - Action & Adventure directed by Walter Hill
- 77163 - Action & Adventure directed by Yuen Woo-ping
- 23553 - Action & Adventure Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 5654 - Action & Adventure for ages 11 to 12
- 7978 - Action & Adventure for ages 8 to 10
- 81863 - Action & Adventure for Hopeless Romantics
- 11647 - Action & Adventure from the 1950s
- 11668 - Action & Adventure from the 1960s
- 11690 - Action & Adventure from the 1970s
- 11717 - Action & Adventure from the 1980s
- 70842 - Action & Adventure set in Ancient Times
- 70506 - Action & Adventure set in Imperial China
- 71063 - Action & Adventure set in the Middle Ages
- 70792 - Action & Adventure set in the Victorian Era
- 69061 - Action & Adventure starring Aaron Kwok
- 84134 - Action & Adventure starring Ajay Devgn
- 6121 - Action & Adventure starring Amitabh Bachchan
- 6290 - Action & Adventure starring Andy Lau
- 62561 - Action & Adventure starring Angelina Jolie
- 79891 - Action & Adventure starring Anil Kapoor
- 10082 - Action & Adventure starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- 17615 - Action & Adventure starring Biao Yuen
- 46442 - Action & Adventure starring Billy Zane
- 62743 - Action & Adventure starring Brad Pitt
- 9173 - Action & Adventure starring Bruce Willis
- 7954 - Action & Adventure starring Burt Reynolds
- 68926 - Action & Adventure starring C. Thomas Howell
- 17711 - Action & Adventure starring Casper Van Dien
- 5924 - Action & Adventure starring Charles Bronson
- 10845 - Action & Adventure starring Charlton Heston
- 69197 - Action & Adventure starring Christian Bale
- 24812 - Action & Adventure starring Christopher Lambert
- 77936 - Action & Adventure starring Colin Farrell
- 43360 - Action & Adventure starring Cuba Gooding Jr.
- 35735 - Action & Adventure starring Daniel Wu
- 73308 - Action & Adventure starring Danny Trejo
- 7819 - Action & Adventure starring David Carradine
- 63073 - Action & Adventure starring Denzel Washington
- 5841 - Action & Adventure starring Donnie Yen
- 43552 - Action & Adventure starring Eddie Murphy
- 8347 - Action & Adventure starring Ekin Cheng
- 6021 - Action & Adventure starring Eric Roberts
- 17455 - Action & Adventure starring Eric Tsang
- 17446 - Action & Adventure starring Ernest Borgnine
- 73139 - Action & Adventure starring Francis Ng
- 90346 - Action & Adventure starring Gary Oldman
- 64695 - Action & Adventure starring George Clooney
- 78590 - Action & Adventure starring Hrithik Roshan
- 83307 - Action & Adventure starring Hugh Jackman
- 6176 - Action & Adventure starring Jackie Chan
- 89273 - Action & Adventure starring James Garner
- 61521 - Action & Adventure starring Jason Statham
- 71568 - Action & Adventure starring Jean Reno
- 43875 - Action & Adventure starring Jeff Fahey
- 8253 - Action & Adventure starring Jet Li
- 61661 - Action & Adventure starring John Travolta
- 68945 - Action & Adventure starring Johnny Depp
- 63570 - Action & Adventure starring Keanu Reeves
- 69107 - Action & Adventure starring Kevin Costner
- 17831 - Action & Adventure starring Kuan Tai Chen
- 80222 - Action & Adventure starring Laurence Fishburne
- 69052 - Action & Adventure starring Leon Lai
- 69096 - Action & Adventure starring Liam Neeson
- 44011 - Action & Adventure starring Lou Diamond Phillips
- 43822 - Action & Adventure starring Louis Gossett Jr.
- 17591 - Action & Adventure starring Louis Koo
- 25511 - Action & Adventure starring Lung Ti
- 34089 - Action & Adventure starring Mario Van Peebles
- 60547 - Action & Adventure starring Mark Wahlberg
- 71869 - Action & Adventure starring Michael Biehn
- 9429 - Action & Adventure starring Michael Caine
- 30140 - Gangster Action & Adventure
- 68768 - Action & Adventure starring Michael Ironside
- 9569 - Action & Adventure starring Michael Madsen
- 59059 - Action & Adventure starring Michael Paré
- 7041 - Action & Adventure starring Michelle Yeoh
- 64471 - Action & Adventure starring Mickey Rourke
- 74191 - Action & Adventure starring Milla Jovovich
- 21523 - Action & Adventure starring Nicholas Tse
- 11065 - Action & Adventure starring Nicolas Cage
- 11855 - Action & Adventure starring Pam Grier
- 62482 - Action & Adventure starring Paul Walker
- 1159 - Travel & Adventure Documentaries
- 57666 - Action & Adventure starring Peter Weller
- 93115 - Action & Adventure starring Priyanka Chopra
- 83940 - Action & Adventure starring Qi Shu
- 80403 - Action & Adventure starring Quinton Jackson
- 80305 - Action & Adventure starring Randy Couture
- 13831 - Action & Adventure starring Robert De Niro
- 5773 - Action & Adventure starring Robert Mitchum
- 62611 - Action & Adventure starring Robert Redford
- 68533 - Action & Adventure starring Roy Scheider
- 7158 - Action & Adventure starring Sam Elliott
- 6334 - Action & Adventure starring Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
- 5050 - Action & Adventure starring Samuel L. Jackson
- 7566 - Action & Adventure starring Sanjay Dutt
- 7680 - Action & Adventure starring Sean Connery
- 11762 - Action & Adventure starring Sonny Chiba
- 91549 - Action & Adventure starring Stacy Keach
- 6662 - Action & Adventure starring Steve McQueen
- 67366 - Action & Adventure starring Steven Bauer
- 6017 - Action & Adventure starring Steven Seagal
- 69375 - Action & Adventure starring Sunil Shetty
- 5072 - Action & Adventure starring Sunny Deol
- 68778 - Action & Adventure starring Tom Cruise
- 68933 - Action & Adventure starring Tom Skerritt
- 69252 - Action & Adventure starring Tony Jaa
- 35061 - Action & Adventure starring Tony Leung Chiu Wai
- 11658 - Action & Adventure starring Treat Williams
- 24607 - Action & Adventure starring Val Kilmer
- 21589 - Action & Adventure starring Viggo Mortensen
- 89435 - Action & Adventure starring Vinnie Jones
- 69451 - Action & Adventure starring Yasuaki Kurata
- 7795 - Action & Adventure starring Yu Wang
- 36868 - Action & Adventure starring Yul Brynner