All the Secret Netflix Codes and How to Use Them

Netflix is quite possibly the biggest on-demand video streaming platform in the world with over 231 million paying subscribers all over the world (by Statista numbers at the end of Q4 2022). I’m sure most of you use Netflix on a regular basis (I, personally, end up using it every single day but, whatever), and a lot of you may have realized that Netflix’s search functionality isn’t all that great, especially when you consider the exceedingly huge catalog of films, TV shows, and documentaries that Netflix has. Fortunately, there are a bunch of secret Netflix codes that you can use to view all the films and TV shows that Netflix has in a particular genre. That sounds pretty awesome right? Well, here are all the Netflix codes and how to use them.

What are Netflix Codes?

First and foremost, let’s answer the question that a lot of you probably have right now — what in the heck are Netflix codes? To keep it simple, Netflix has a bunch of genres that you can search for; you know, things like ‘Action,’ ‘Comedies,’ yada yada. However, Netflix also has a bunch of genres that you don’t get to directly see (for the most part), but they are there, and you can use those to find the exact type of movies and TV shows that you’re looking for.

Fortunately, people have figured out the genre ids for these genres and you can use these to get exactly what you’re looking for on Netflix.

How to Use Secret Netflix Codes on PC, Chromebooks, and Browsers

If you’re using Netflix on your PC, laptop, MacBook, or Chromebook using a browser, using Netflix codes is pretty straightforward. All you need to know is the URL given below, and the secret Netflix code for the genre you want to check out on Netflix:

HTTPS://WWW.NETFLIX.COM/BROWSE/GENRE/[NETFLIX CODE]

There are a bunch of secret Netflix codes, one for each genre on the website, I’ll be posting a table at the end of this article with all of the secret Netflix codes that you can use to search for categories of your interest. However, for explaining this better, we’ll take an example.

Let’s say I want to watch some critically acclaimed quirky comedies on Netflix, well, the Netflix code for that particular genre is ‘1577’ so I can just go to the URL bar of my browser (in my case, Firefox), and type in the URL I mentioned above while replacing the [Netflix Code] part of that URL with the genre code. So it’ll look like the following URL:

HTTPS://WWW.NETFLIX.COM/BROWSE/GENRE/1577

Now when I hit enter, this is what Netflix will turn up:

Similarly, you can replace ‘[Netflix Code]’ in the URL above with the secret Netflix code for any genre and get results for that particular genre in Netflix.

List of All Secret Netflix Codes

Well, now that you know just how to use these secret Netflix codes to get to those hidden Netflix genres, here’s a list of all the secret Netflix codes and the genre they correspond to.

Category	Category Code
Action & Adventure	1365
Asian Action Movies	77232
Classic Action & Adventure	46576
Action Comedies	43040
Action Thrillers	43048
Adventures	7442
Comic Book and Superhero Movies	10118
Westerns	7700
Spy Action & Adventure	10702
Crime Action & Adventure	9584
Foreign Action & Adventure	11828
Martial Arts Movies	8985
Military Action & Adventure	2125
Anime	7424
Adult Animation	11881
Anime Action	2653
Anime Comedies	9302
Anime Dramas	452
Anime Features	3063
Anime Horror	10695
Anime Fantasy	11146
Anime Series	6721
Children & Family Movies	783
Movies for ages 0 to 2	6796
Movies for ages 2 to 4	6218
Movies for ages 5 to 7	5455
Movies for ages 8 to 10	561
Movies for ages 11 to 12	6962
Education for Kids	10659
Disney	67673
Movies based on children's books	10056
Family Features	51056
TV Cartoons	11177
Kids' TV	27346
Kids Music	52843
Animal Tales	5507
Classic Movies	31574
Classic Comedies	31694
Classic Sci-Fi & Fantasy	47147
Classic Thrillers	46588
Film Noir	7687
Classic War Movies	48744
Epics	52858
Classic Foreign Movies	32473
Silent Movies	53310
Classic Westerns	47465
Comedies	6548
Dark Comedies	869
Foreign Comedies	4426
Late Night Comedies	1402
Mockumentaries	26
Political Comedies	2700
Screwball Comedies	9702
Sports Comedies	5286
Stand-up Comedy	11559
Teen Comedies	3519
Satires	4922
Romantic Comedies	5475
Slapstick Comedies	10256
Cult Movies	7627
B-Horror Movies	8195
Campy Movies	1252
Cult Horror Movies	10944
Cult Sci-Fi & Fantasy	4734
Cult Comedies	9434
Documentaries	6839
Biographical Documentaries	3652
Crime Documentaries	9875
Foreign Documentaries	5161
Historical Documentaries	5349
Military Documentaries	4006
Sports Documentaries	180
Music & Concert Documentaries	90361
Travel & Adventure Documentaries	1159
Political Documentaries	7018
Religious Documentaries	10005
Science & Nature Documentaries	2595
Social & Cultural Documentaries	3675
Dramas	5763
Biographical Dramas	3179
Classic Dramas	29809
Courtroom Dramas	528582748
Crime Dramas	6889
Dramas based on Books	4961
Dramas based on real life	3653
Tearjerkers	6384
Foreign Dramas	2150
Sports Dramas	7243
Gay & Lesbian Dramas	500
Independent Dramas	384
Teen Dramas	9299
Military Dramas	11
Period Pieces	12123
Political Dramas	6616
Romantic Dramas	1255
Showbiz Dramas	5012
Social Issue Dramas	3947
Faith & Spirituality	26835
Faith & Spirituality Movies	52804
Spiritual Documentaries	2760
Kids Faith & Spirituality	751423
Foreign Movies	7462
Art House Movies	29764
Foreign Action & Adventure	11828
Classic Foreign Movies	32473
Foreign Comedies	4426
Foreign Documentaries	5161
Foreign Dramas	2150
Foreign Gay & Lesbian Movies	8243
Foreign Horror Movies	8654
Foreign Sci-Fi & Fantasy	6485
Foreign Thrillers	10306
Romantic Foreign Movies	7153
African Movies	3761
Australian Movies	5230
Belgian Movies	262
Korean Movies	5685
Latin American Movies	1613
Middle Eastern Movies	5875
New Zealand Movies	63782
Russian	11567
Scandinavian Movies	9292
Southeast Asian Movies	9196
Spanish Movies	58741
Greek Movies	61115
German Movies	58886
French Movies	58807
Eastern European Movies	5254
Dutch Movies	10606
Irish Movies	58750
Japanese Movies	10398
Italian Movies	8221
Indian Movies	10463
Chinese Movies	3960
British Movies	10757
Gay & Lesbian Movies	5977
Gay & Lesbian Comedies	7120
Gay & Lesbian Dramas	500
Romantic Gay & Lesbian Movies	3329
Foreign Gay & Lesbian Movies	8243
Gay & Lesbian Documentaries	4720
Gay & Lesbian TV Shows	65263
Horror Movies	8711
B-Horror Movies	8195
Creature Features	6895
Cult Horror Movies	10944
Deep Sea Horror Movies	45028
Foreign Horror Movies	8654
Horror Comedy	89585
Monster Movies	947
Slasher and Serial Killer Movies	8646
Supernatural Horror Movies	42023
Teen Screams	52147
Vampire Horror Movies	75804
Werewolf Horror Movies	75930
Zombie Horror Movies	75405
Satanic Stories	6998
Independent Movies	7077
Experimental Movies	11079
Independent Action & Adventure	11804
Independent Thrillers	3269
Romantic Independent Movies	9916
Independent Comedies	4195
Independent Dramas	384
Music	1701
Kids Music	52843
Country & Western/Folk	1105
Jazz & Easy Listening	10271
Latin Music	10741
Urban & Dance Concerts	9472
World Music Concerts	2856
Rock & Pop Concerts	3278
Musicals	13335
Classic Musicals	32392
Disney Musicals	59433
Showbiz Musicals	13573
Stage Musicals	55774
Romantic Movies	8883
Romantic Favorites	502675
Quirky Romance	36103
Romantic Independent Movies	9916
Romantic Foreign Movies	7153
Romantic Dramas	1255
Steamy Romantic Movies	35800
Classic Romantic Movies	31273
Romantic Comedies	5475
Sci-Fi & Fantasy	1492
Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy	1568
Alien Sci-Fi	3327
Classic Sci-Fi & Fantasy	47147
Cult Sci-Fi & Fantasy	4734
Fantasy Movies	9744
Sci-Fi Adventure	6926
Sci-Fi Dramas	3916
Sci-Fi Horror Movies	1694
Sci-Fi Thrillers	11014
Foreign Sci-Fi & Fantasy	6485
Sports Movies	4370
Sports Comedies	5286
Sports Documentaries	180
Sports Dramas	7243
Baseball Movies	12339
Football Movies	12803
Boxing Movies	12443
Soccer Movies	12549
Martial Arts, Boxing & Wrestling	6695
Basketball Movies	12762
Sports & Fitness	9327
Thrillers	8933
Action Thrillers	43048
Classic Thrillers	46588
Crime Thrillers	10499
Foreign Thrillers	10306
Independent Thrillers	3269
Gangster Movies	31851
Psychological Thrillers	5505
Political Thrillers	10504
Mysteries	9994
Sci-Fi Thrillers	11014
Spy Thrillers	9147
Steamy Thrillers	972
Supernatural Thrillers	11140
TV Shows	83
British TV Shows	52117
Classic TV Shows	46553
Crime TV Shows	26146
Cult TV Shows	74652
Food & Travel TV	72436
Kids' TV	27346
Korean TV Shows	67879
Miniseries	4814
Military TV Shows	25804
Science & Nature TV	52780
TV Action & Adventure	10673
TV Comedies	10375
TV Documentaries	10105
TV Dramas	11714
TV Horror	83059
TV Mysteries	4366
TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy	1372
Reality TV	9833
Teen TV Shows	60951
Romantic Christmas Films	1394527
Christmas Children & Family Films	1474017
Family-friendly Christmas Films	1394522
Christmas Children & Family Films for Ages 11 to 12	1477206
Christmas Children & Family Films for Ages 8 to 10	1477204
Christmas Children & Family Films for Ages 5 to 7	1477201
Feel-good Christmas Children & Family Films	1475066
Goofy Christmas Children & Family Films	1475071
Christmas Children & Family Films from the 1990s	1476024
British Christmas Children & Family Films	1527064
European Christmas Children & Family Films	1527063
Canadian Christmas Children & Family Films	1721544
Christmas Children & Family Films from the 1990s	1476024
Classic SF & fantasy	4714
Classic TV shows	46553
Classic action & adventure	46576
Classic comedies	31694
Classic dramas	29809
Classic musical comedy	32392
Classic romantic movies	31273
Classic thrillers	46588
Classic war movies	48744
Classic westerns	47465
Taiwanese movies	434295
Thai Movies & TV	107570
Turkish movies	1133133
All movies	34399
Only on Netflix	839338

Yeah, there are a lot of these, aren’t they?

How to Use Secret Netflix Codes on Smart TV, Android, and iOS

While all that is well and good, not all of us watch Netflix exclusively on a laptop, right? So, if you use the Netflix app on your Smart TV, iPhone, iPad, Android device, PS4, or Xbox One, you obviously can’t use the URL I mentioned above. So how can you use Netflix codes on the Netflix app?

Well, unfortunately, the answer is that you can’t use the secret Netflix codes in the Netflix app, be it on your Smart TV, your iOS or Android device, or a gaming console like the PS4 or Xbox One.

However, all hope is not lost, because there is a way that you can still get to these hidden genres in the Netflix apps, and you can actually do that without ever using the secret codes at all. Check it out:

So, let’s take an example yeah? Say I want to check out the genre ‘Comic Book and Superhero Movies.’ The genre id for this is actually 10118 but I can’t use that on the Netflix app (believe me, I tried). Well, you can just follow the steps below:

• Launch the Netflix app and tap on the search option. In the search box, start typing the genre you’re looking for, so I’m typing ‘Comic book and superhero.’

• In the results that pop up, scroll down where Netflix shows up ‘Explore Titles Related To.’ Here, tap on the exact genre you were looking for. That’s it, the search results will show up the movies in that specific genre.

It’s a pretty long-winded way of getting these secret Netflix codes to work on the Netflix app, but that’s all I could figure out so far. Plus, regardless of how ‘dirty’ this method is, it does work, so there’s that.

SEE ALSO: 9 Netflix Tricks to Enhance Your Experience

Use Netflix Like a Pro with These Secret Netflix Codes

Well that was all about secret Netflix codes and how you can use them in the browser, or in the Netflix app on your Android device, iPhone, or any other platforms you might be using Netflix on. Also, while Netflix doesn’t add new codes very frequently, I will be updating the list of secret Netflix codes anytime a new genre makes its appearance on Netflix. Apart from that, you should check out our articles on the best Bollywood movies on Netflix, and also on the Netflix download limit.