Here’s How You Can Access the Countless Categories on Netflix

If you’re always browsing through Netflix wondering how to find exactly what you want to watch, you’re in luck. Unknown to the masses, Netflix has a secret list of genres that most people don’t know about. If you’re bored with the typical Action, Romance, Drama, and Sci-Fi, you just need to do some snooping.

URLs and secret codes.

First revealed in the What’s On Netflix blog, the master categories list of Netflix has a specific URL you can type directly into your browser. Here’s the format:

netflix.com/browse/genre/###

The triple hash or the “###” symbol in the URL indicates the code of the specific genre you’re looking for. For instance, 31851 is for Gangster movies and 1613 is the code for Latin-American movies.

If you’re wondering why you’ve never heard of these categories, it’s because they don’t show up on search results. Sure, you may see results for “Korean TV series,” but I doubt you’d find anything if you search for “Classic Sci-Fi & Fantasy.” Some of the categories in this list are purely for suggestion and categorization purposes.

According to Netflix,

“We categorize our content into thousands of subgenres to help match the right content to the right member based on their viewing history.”

Said spokesperson, Marlee Tart, via email to Mashable.

Endless categories.

We don’t know how many categories there are and Netflix spokesperson, Tart, didn’t mention any either. However, we do know they have the following categories:

A

Action & Adventure: 1365
Action Comedies: 43040
Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 1568
Action Thrillers: 43048
Adult Animation: 11881
Adventures: 7442
African Movies: 3761
Alien Sci-Fi: 3327
Animal Tales: 5507
Anime: 7424
Anime Action: 2653
Anime Comedies: 9302
Anime Dramas: 452
Anime Fantasy: 11146
Anime Features: 3063
Anime Horror: 10695
Anime Sci-Fi: 2729
Anime Series: 6721
Art House Movies: 29764
Asian Action Movies: 77232
Australian Movies: 5230

B

B-Horror Movies: 8195
Baseball Movies: 12339
Basketball Movies: 12762
Belgian Movies: 262
Biographical Documentaries: 3652
Biographical Dramas: 3179
Boxing Movies: 12443
British Movies: 10757
British TV Shows: 52117

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