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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Romance
- 35840 - Feel-good Romantic Sports Movies
- 36507 - Feel-good Romantic TV Shows
- 36653 - Feel-good Romantic Wedding Movies
- 54244 - Feel-good Teen Romance
- 18554 - First-Love 20th Century Period Pieces
- 81374 - First-Love 20th Century Period Pieces based on Books
- 20883 - First-Love Comedies
- 20047 - First-Love Comedies from the 1980s
- 18988 - First-Love Dramas
- 54157 - First-Love Dramas based on Books
- 37403 - First-Love Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 34096 - First-Love Dramas based on real life
- 19266 - First-Love Dramas from the 1970s
- 46265 - First-Love Late Night Comedies
- 63180 - First-Love Made-for-TV Movies
- 18602 - First-Love Movies
- 53704 - First-Love Movies based on Books
- 27105 - First-Love Movies based on contemporary literature
- 25781 - First-Love Movies based on real life
- 19251 - First-Love Movies for ages 11 to 12
- 19626 - First-Love Movies for ages 8 to 10
- 19127 - First-Love Movies from the 1970s
- 20371 - First-Love Movies from the 1980s
- 24808 - First-Love Musicals
- 64661 - First-Love Steamy Romance
- 78179 - First-Love Teen TV
- 26148 - First-Love TV Dramas
- 26243 - First-Love TV Shows
- 52886 - First-Love TV Teen Dramas
- 19827 - Forbidden-Love 20th Century Period Pieces
- 19502 - Forbidden-Love Action & Adventure
- 68228 - Forbidden-Love Action Thrillers
- 49865 - Forbidden-Love Adventures
- 79119 - Forbidden-Love Asian Action Movies
- 20683 - Forbidden-Love Comedies
- 20227 - Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 54228 - Forbidden-Love Dramas based on Books
- 21044 - Forbidden-Love Dramas based on classic literature
- 20655 - Forbidden-Love Dramas based on contemporary literature
- 23963 - Forbidden-Love Dramas based on real life
- 24233 - Forbidden-Love Dramas from the 1980s
- 50099 - Forbidden-Love Horror Movies
- 18142 - Forbidden-Love Movies
- 54462 - Forbidden-Love Movies based on Books
- 20875 - Forbidden-Love Movies based on classic literature
- 19961 - Forbidden-Love Movies based on contemporary literature
- 21178 - Forbidden-Love Movies based on real life
- 19570 - Forbidden-Love Movies from the 1980s
- 19808 - Forbidden-Love Period Pieces
- 58333 - Forbidden-Love Period Pieces based on Books
- 24238 - Forbidden-Love Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 28454 - Forbidden-Love Steamy Romance
- 89478 - Forbidden-Love Tearjerkers
- 24795 - Forbidden-Love Thrillers
- 69942 - Forbidden-Love TV Dramas
- 46885 - Forbidden-Love TV Shows
- 81709 - Foreign Action & Adventure for Hopeless Romantics
- 81529 - Foreign Dramas for Hopeless Romantics
- 19296 - Foreign First-Love Comedies
- 20325 - Foreign First-Love Dramas
- 20706 - Foreign First-Love Movies
- 71963 - Foreign Forbidden-Love Action & Adventure
- 69538 - Foreign Forbidden-Love Comedies
- 20411 - Foreign Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 88366 - Foreign Forbidden-Love Dramas based on Real Life
- 19614 - Foreign Forbidden-Love Movies
- 88371 - Foreign Forbidden-Love Movies based on Real Life
- 89145 - Foreign Forbidden-Love Period Pieces
- 88440 - Foreign Forbidden-Love Steamy Romance
- 92553 - Foreign Gay & Lesbian First-Love Dramas
- 67205 - Foreign Gay & Lesbian First-Love Movies
- 33986 - Foreign Gay & Lesbian Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 25343 - Foreign Gay & Lesbian Forbidden-Love Movies
- 31587 - Foreign Gay & Lesbian Steamy Romance
- 81505 - Foreign Movies for Hopeless Romantics
- 85275 - Foreign Musicals for Hopeless Romantics
- 31646 - Foreign Steamy Romance
- 32746 - Foreign Steamy Romance Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 82079 - French Dramas for Hopeless Romantics
- 62058 - French First-Love Dramas
- 64307 - French First-Love Movies
- 59891 - French Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 60436 - French Forbidden-Love Movies
- 81878 - French Movies for Hopeless Romantics
- 63098 - French Steamy Romance
- 61020 - French Steamy Romance Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- 82008 - French-Language Dramas for Hopeless Romantics
- 20079 - French-Language First-Love Dramas
- 19441 - French-Language First-Love Movies
- 24419 - French-Language Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 24020 - French-Language Forbidden-Love Movies
- 82010 - French-Language Movies for Hopeless Romantics
- 30460 - French-Language Steamy Romance
- 1394527 - Christmas Films, Romantic
- 19369 - Gay & Lesbian First-Love Dramas
- 19069 - Gay & Lesbian First-Love Movies
- 21188 - Gay & Lesbian Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 17906 - Gay & Lesbian Forbidden-Love Movies
- 82101 - Gay & Lesbian Movies for Hopeless Romantics
- 28543 - Gay & Lesbian Steamy Romance
- 68303 - German Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 64033 - German Forbidden-Love Movies
- 62796 - German Steamy Romance
- 29678 - German-Language Steamy Romance
- 82880 - Golden Globe Award-winning Dark Romantic Dramas
- 82659 - Golden Globe Award-winning Dark Romantic Movies
- 82799 - Golden Globe Award-winning Feel-good Romantic Movies
- 92337 - Golden Globe Award-winning Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 82702 - Golden Globe Award-winning Forbidden-Love Movies
- 82806 - Golden Globe Award-winning Romantic British Dramas
- 82762 - Golden Globe Award-winning Romantic British Movies
- 82874 - Golden Globe Award-winning Romantic Comedies
- 82490 - Golden Globe Award-winning Romantic Dramas
- 82866 - Golden Globe Award-winning Romantic Foreign Dramas
- 82688 - Golden Globe Award-winning Romantic Foreign Movies
- 82739 - Golden Globe Award-winning Romantic Independent Movies
- 82495 - Golden Globe Award-winning Romantic Movies
- 82809 - Golden Globe Award-winning Romantic Period Pieces
- 82533 - Golden Globe Award-winning Romantic Showbiz Dramas
- 82834 - Golden Globe Award-winning Romantic Showbiz Movies
- 82630 - Golden Globe Award-winning Romantic Tearjerkers
- 82651 - Golden Globe Award-winning Sentimental Romantic Dramas
- 82858 - Golden Globe Award-winning Sentimental Romantic Movies
- 82551 - Golden Globe Award-winning Understated Romantic Dramas
- 82749 - Golden Globe Award-winning Understated Romantic Movies
- 82558 - Golden Globe Award-winning Witty Romantic Comedies
- 82879 - Golden Globe Award-winning Witty Romantic Dramas
- 82785 - Golden Globe Award-winning Witty Romantic Movies
- 18936 - Goofy First-Love Comedies
- 18635 - Goofy First-Love Movies
- 28135 - Goofy Forbidden-Love Comedies
- 23240 - Goofy Forbidden-Love Movies
- 35935 - Gory Romantic Movies
- 81769 - Heartfelt Dramas for Hopeless Romantics
- 23052 - Heartfelt First-Love Dramas
- 18868 - Heartfelt First-Love Movies
- 82100 - Heartfelt Movies for Hopeless Romantics
- 36600 - Heartfelt Romantic 20th Century Period Pieces
- 42504 - Heartfelt Romantic British Dramas
- 35322 - Heartfelt Romantic British Movies
- 35734 - Heartfelt Romantic Comedies
- 42449 - Heartfelt Romantic Coming-of-age Dramas
- 36540 - Heartfelt Romantic Coming-of-age Movies
- 36263 - Heartfelt Romantic Dramas
- 53343 - Heartfelt Romantic Dramas based on Books
- 36250 - Heartfelt Romantic Dramas from the 1980s
- 42168 - Heartfelt Romantic First-Love Dramas
- 36134 - Heartfelt Romantic First-Love Movies
- 36455 - Heartfelt Romantic Foreign Dramas
- 35467 - Heartfelt Romantic Foreign Movies
- 35675 - Heartfelt Romantic Gay & Lesbian Dramas
- 36545 - Heartfelt Romantic Gay & Lesbian Movies
- 36601 - Heartfelt Romantic Independent Dramas
- 35699 - Heartfelt Romantic Independent Movies
- 35535 - Heartfelt Romantic Movies
- 54536 - Heartfelt Romantic Movies based on Books
- 36201 - Heartfelt Romantic Movies from the 1980s
- 36484 - Heartfelt Romantic Musicals
- 53213 - High School Teen Romance
- 82111 - Hindi-Language Dramas for Hopeless Romantics
- 68235 - Hindi-Language First-Love Movies
- 64312 - Hindi-Language Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 61743 - Hindi-Language Forbidden-Love Movies
- 81536 - Hindi-Language Movies for Hopeless Romantics
- 85428 - Hindi-Language Musicals for Hopeless Romantics
- 39028 - Imaginative First-Love Movies
- 81981 - Imaginative Movies for Hopeless Romantics
- 35927 - Imaginative Romantic Comedies
- 36397 - Imaginative Romantic Dramas
- 86243 - Imaginative Romantic East Asian Movies
- 36224 - Imaginative Romantic Foreign Dramas
- 36073 - Imaginative Romantic Foreign Movies
- 35708 - Imaginative Romantic Movies
- 36583 - Imaginative Romantic Musicals
- 36402 - Imaginative Romantic Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 81619 - Independent Comedies for Hopeless Romantics
- 82050 - Independent Dramas for Hopeless Romantics
- 20343 - Independent First-Love 20th Century Period Pieces
- 18535 - Independent First-Love Comedies
- 18437 - Independent First-Love Dramas
- 89132 - Independent First-Love Dramas based on Books
- 19500 - Independent First-Love Movies
- 89103 - Independent First-Love Movies based on Books
- 19596 - Independent Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 18404 - Independent Forbidden-Love Movies
- 82019 - Independent Movies for Hopeless Romantics
- 2050 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic British Dramas
- 1437 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic British Movies
- 4408 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic Crime Dramas
- 4653 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic Crime Movies
- 3470 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic Dramas from the 1940s
- 29920 - Independent Steamy Romance
- 3492 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic Dramas from the 1950s
- 3574 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic Dramas from the 1980s
- 422 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic Foreign Dramas
- 3536 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic French-Language Dramas
- 4257 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic French-Language Movies
- 2561 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic Independent Comedies
- 82027 - Indian Dramas for Hopeless Romantics
- 68257 - Indian First-Love Movies
- 22469 - Indian Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 2371 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic Movies from the 1940s
- 19309 - Indian Forbidden-Love Movies
- 2391 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic Movies from the 1950s
- 81538 - Indian Movies for Hopeless Romantics
- 84868 - Indian Musicals for Hopeless Romantics
- 2417 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic Movies from the 1960s
- 31273 - Classic Romantic Movies
- 2460 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic Movies from the 1980s
- 2182 - Critically-acclaimed Romantic War Movies
- 81594 - Inspiring Dramas for Hopeless Romantics
- 33459 - Inspiring First-Love Dramas
- 21413 - Inspiring First-Love Movies
- 501 - Critically-acclaimed Steamy Crime Movies
- 2593 - Critically-acclaimed Steamy Dramas
- 449 - Critically-acclaimed Steamy Foreign Dramas
- 1113 - Critically-acclaimed Steamy Independent Dramas
- 1778 - Critically-acclaimed Steamy Independent Movies
- 81560 - Inspiring Movies for Hopeless Romantics
- 35556 - Inspiring Romantic Biographical Movies
- 36268 - Inspiring Romantic Comedies
- 35563 - Inspiring Romantic Dramas
- 36335 - Inspiring Romantic Dramas based on real life
- 37653 - Inspiring Romantic Foreign Movies
- 36205 - Inspiring Romantic Independent Dramas
- 35420 - Inspiring Romantic Independent Movies
- 36433 - Inspiring Romantic Movies
- 35513 - Inspiring Romantic Movies based on real life
- 48117 - Inspiring Romantic Tearjerkers
- 29424 - Italian Steamy Romance
- 64017 - Italian-Language Steamy Romance
- 75321 - Korean Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 74830 - Korean Forbidden-Love Movies
- 1866 - Critically-acclaimed Visually-striking Romantic Movies
- 73115 - Latin American First-Love Movies
- 62394 - Latin American Steamy Romance
- 90684 - Lesbian First-Love Movies
- 72146 - Lesbian Forbidden-Love Movies
- 84761 - Lesbian Steamy Romance
- 71814 - Middle Eastern Forbidden-Love Dramas
- 71821 - Middle Eastern Forbidden-Love Movies
- 36022 - Mind-bending Romantic Dramas
- 36697 - Mind-bending Romantic Foreign Movies
- 36084 - Mind-bending Romantic Movies
- 81495 - Movies for Hopeless Romantics
- 81501 - Movies for Hopeless Romantics based on Books
- 81764 - Movies for Hopeless Romantics for ages 11 to 12
- 82035 - Movies for Hopeless Romantics for ages 8 to 10
- 81995 - Movies for Hopeless Romantics from the 1980s
- 81612 - Musicals for Hopeless Romantics