Netflix Has Hundreds of Secret Genre Categories. Here's How to Access Them All

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Netflix built an extensive genre taxonomy for its catalog: hundreds of specific categories covering everything from Brazilian crime drama to 1970s sci-fi to independent films shot in black and white. What it didn't build was a way for us to easily navigate that taxonomy.

The home screen and search function both rely on a recommendation system that prioritizes what's popular or what Netflix predicts you'll like, meaning the deeper categories rarely appear unless you deliberately go looking for them. The trick is a URL shortcut that's been quietly shared by Netflix power users for years and still works today.

The solution? A slew of secret Netflix codes that can help you sift through everything Netflix has to offer. Using these codes, of which there are dozens of options, lets you browse through all kind of niches, such as action thrillers (43048), deep sea horror (45028) or supernatural sci-fi (2760). They're...

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