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Netflix hidden categories are the secret to better binging, friends.

The vast amount of content on Netflix can get pretty unwieldy. Luckily, there's a secret, better way to browse the swaths of mediocre titles on the streaming service to get to what you're really looking for.

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Netflix has a huge list of hidden categories that go far beyond the usual Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, and the like. First discovered by the blog What's On Netflix, anyone can access them by simply typing specific URLs into a browser. Each URL has the format:

http://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/###

...where the '###' is where you put the code that relates to the particular Netflix category you're looking for. For example, 35800 is steamy romantic movies, 11140 is supernatural thrillers, and 67879 is Korean TV shows. You can check out the complete list below.

'We categorize our content into thousands of subgenres to help match the right content to the right member based on their viewing history,' Netflix spokesperson Marlee Tart told Mashable via email.

Some of these categories don't even come up in a Netflix search. While searching 'Korean TV Shows' brings up the same list that appears at the category URL, searching 'Classic War Movies' brings up a grab-bag of results, only some of which fit the bill. Some categories appear to be only used for suggestion purposes.

Tart didn't share the exact number of genres they use to curate their movies and TV shows, but she says it changes often.

Netflix category codes:

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-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
Campy Movies: 1252
Children & Family Movies: 783
Chinese Movies: 3960
Classic Action & Adventure: 46576
Classic Comedies: 31694
Classic Dramas: 29809
Classic Foreign Movies: 32473
Classic Movies: 31574
Classic Musicals: 32392
Classic Romantic Movies: 31273
Classic Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 47147
Classic Thrillers: 46588
Classic TV Shows: 46553
Classic War Movies: 48744
Classic Westerns: 47465
Comedies: 6548
Comic Book and Superhero Movies: 10118
Country & Western/Folk: 1105
Courtroom Dramas: 2748
Creature Features: 6895
Crime Action & Adventure: 9584
Crime Documentaries: 9875
Crime Dramas: 6889
Crime Thrillers: 10499
Crime TV Shows: 26146
Cult Comedies: 9434
Cult Horror Movies: 10944
Cult Movies: 7627
Cult Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 4734
Cult TV Shows: 74652
Dark Comedies: 869
Deep Sea Horror Movies: 45028
Disney: 67673
Disney Musicals: 59433
Documentaries: 6839
Dramas: 5763
Dramas based on Books: 4961
Dramas based on real life: 3653
Dutch Movies: 10606
Eastern European Movies: 5254
Education for Kids: 10659
Epics: 52858
Experimental Movies: 11079
Faith & Spirituality: 26835
Faith & Spirituality Movies: 52804
Family Features: 51056
Fantasy Movies: 9744
Film Noir: 7687
Food & Travel TV: 72436
Football Movies: 12803
Foreign Action & Adventure: 11828
Foreign Comedies: 4426
Foreign Documentaries: 5161
Foreign Dramas: 2150
Foreign Gay & Lesbian Movies: 8243
Foreign Horror Movies: 8654
Foreign Movies: 7462
Foreign Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 6485
Foreign Thrillers: 10306
French Movies: 58807
Gangster Movies: 31851
Gay & Lesbian Dramas: 500
German Movies: 58886
Greek Movies: 61115
Historical Documentaries: 5349
Horror Comedy: 89585
Horror Movies: 8711
Independent Action & Adventure: 11804
Independent Comedies: 4195
Independent Dramas: 384
Independent Movies: 7077
Independent Thrillers: 3269
Indian Movies: 10463
Irish Movies: 58750
Italian Movies: 8221
Japanese Movies: 10398
Jazz & Easy Listening: 10271
Kids Faith & Spirituality: 751423
Kids Music: 52843
Kids’ TV: 27346
Korean Movies: 5685
Korean TV Shows: 67879
Late Night Comedies: 1402
Latin American Movies: 1613
Latin Music: 10741
Martial Arts Movies: 8985
Martial Arts, Boxing & Wrestling: 6695
Middle Eastern Movies: 5875
Military Action & Adventure: 2125
Military Documentaries: 4006
Military Dramas: 11
Military TV Shows: 25804
Miniseries: 4814
Mockumentaries: 26
Monster Movies: 947
Movies based on children’s books: 10056
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
Music & Concert Documentaries: 90361
Music: 1701
Musicals: 13335
Mysteries: 9994
New Zealand Movies: 63782
Period Pieces: 12123
Political Comedies: 2700
Political Documentaries: 7018
Political Dramas: 6616
Political Thrillers: 10504
Psychological Thrillers: 5505
Quirky Romance: 36103
Reality TV: 9833
Religious Documentaries: 10005
Rock & Pop Concerts: 3278
Romantic Comedies: 5475
Romantic Dramas: 1255
Romantic Favorites: 502675
Romantic Foreign Movies: 7153
Romantic Independent Movies: 9916
Romantic Movies: 8883
Russian: 11567
Satanic Stories: 6998
Satires: 4922
Scandinavian Movies: 9292
Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 1492
Sci-Fi Adventure: 6926
Sci-Fi Dramas: 3916
Sci-Fi Horror Movies: 1694
Sci-Fi Thrillers: 11014
Science & Nature Documentaries: 2595
Science & Nature TV: 52780
Screwball Comedies: 9702
Showbiz Dramas: 5012
Showbiz Musicals: 13573
Silent Movies: 53310
Slapstick Comedies: 10256
Slasher and Serial Killer Movies: 8646
Soccer Movies: 12549
Social & Cultural Documentaries: 3675
Social Issue Dramas: 3947
Southeast Asian Movies: 9196
Spanish Movies: 58741
Spiritual Documentaries: 2760
Sports & Fitness: 9327
Sports Comedies: 5286
Sports Documentaries: 180
Sports Dramas: 7243
Sports Movies: 4370
Spy Action & Adventure: 10702
Spy Thrillers: 9147
Stage Musicals: 55774
Stand-up Comedy: 11559
Steamy Romantic Movies: 35800
Steamy Thrillers: 972
Supernatural Horror Movies: 42023
Supernatural Thrillers: 11140
Tearjerkers: 6384
Teen Comedies: 3519
Teen Dramas: 9299
Teen Screams: 52147
Teen TV Shows: 60951
Thrillers: 8933
Travel & Adventure Documentaries: 1159
TV Action & Adventure: 10673
TV Cartoons: 11177
TV Comedies: 10375
TV Documentaries: 10105
TV Dramas: 11714
TV Horror: 83059
TV Mysteries: 4366
TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 1372
TV Shows: 83
Urban & Dance Concerts: 9472
Vampire Horror Movies: 75804
Werewolf Horror Movies: 75930
Westerns: 7700
World Music Concerts: 2856
Zombie Horror Movies: 75405

Wow, a weekend kicked off with Scandinavian Movies, followed by a 12-hour rotation of Classic Musicals and B-Horror Movies and finished off with Satanic Stories to lull you to sleep? Live that Netflix dream.

This story was originally published in 2016 and updated in 2020.

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Too Young to Die

2002Netflix 972 phone NR 2.8 out of 5 Stars

This atypical romance stars two 70-plus actors playing elderly lovers who meet after they're widowed. Sparking controversy in Korea for its explicit sexuality, the film brings an unblinking eye to the portrayal of society's forgotten seniors.
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Bulletproof Heart

1994 NR 2.8 out of 5 Stars

When cynical, soul-searching hit man Mick asks his boss for time off, he's instead given the assignment of his life. Mick is asked to kill the sultry Fiona, who owes George money. But as Mick spends time with her, he finds himself falling for her.
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Forbidden Quest

2006 NR 2.8 out of 5 Stars

While investigating an art forgery, writer Yoon-seo discovers a new calling: penning illicit pornographic literature. But as his first novel takes off, Yoon-seo risks everything to begin a dangerous affair with the king's concubine.
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Heading South

2005 NR 2.8 out of 5 Stars

Turned off by their mediocre dating prospects, three middle-aged ladies -- Ellen, Brenda and Sue -- head to Haiti and soon find themselves having youthful fun with the attractive local men.
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Tuesday, After Christmas

2010 NR 2.7 out of 5 Stars

Paul Hanganu (Mimi Branescu) is in love with two women: Adriana (Mirela Oprisor), his wife of 10 years, and Raluca (Maria Popistasu), his mistress of the past several months. Now, at a crossroads, Paul is forced to choose between them in this drama from Romanian director Radu Muntean. Combining careful staging and emotionally intense dialogue, the film presents an unblinking profile of a man in crisis and the women whose lives he's ensnared.
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The Guest House

2012 NR 2.7 out of 5 Stars

Bad girl Rachel, an aspiring young songwriter, finds her life change dramatically when she falls for the woman staying in the family guest house, a wholesome college graduate fresh to California from the cornfields of Iowa.
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Reform School Girl

1994 NR 2.7 out of 5 Stars

Rebellious teen girls go wild in this made-for-TV tale based on a 1957 film of the same name. When juvenile delinquent Vince (Matt LeBlanc) gets in dutch with the cops, loyal gal-pal Donna Patterson (Aimee Graham) takes the fall and ends up in a training center for troubled young ladies. Donna gains popularity on the track team, but her allies turn against her when it's discovered she has feelings for the squad's star athlete (Teresa DiSpina).
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XX/XY

2002 NR 2.7 out of 5 Stars

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When two college students meet an artist at a party, they forge a fleeting relationship that pushes the boundaries of sexual exploration. Reuniting years later, they're torn between attraction and the very different paths their lives have taken.
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Vibrator

2003 NR 2.7 out of 5 Stars

After meeting a handsome truck driver (Nao Omori) in the midst of an urban mini-mart, a 30-something freelance writer (Shinobu Terajima) embarks on a life-changing emotional journey of sexual self-discovery. Ryuichi Hiroki (I Am an S&M Writer, Tokyo Trash Baby) directs this critically acclaimed road movie based on the novel by Mari Akasaka.
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30 Beats

2012 Netflix 720pNR 2.7 out of 5 Stars

New York City is baking in the summer sun, and city residents are pouring out of their houses and into chance encounters and romantic collisions. This sexy comedy highlights the steamy encounters of 10 New Yorkers during a three-day heat wave.
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Hypnotized

2004 NR 2.7 out of 5 Stars

After learning of her husband's affair, a highly unstable suicidal young woman is committed to an institution. Upon her release, her therapist develops an unhealthy obsession with his former patient.
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Diary of a Bachelor

1964 NR 2.7 out of 5 Stars

Longtime bachelor Skip O'Hara (William Traylor) finally puts away his little black book. But when Skip leaves town on a business trip, his new fiancée, Joanne (Dagne Crane), finds his diary and learns all about his busy romantic life, both before and during their courtship. Director Sandy Howard tells much of this romantic comedy in flashback, revealing that Skip's glamorous playboy lifestyle might not have been as exciting as it looked.
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Cool and the Crazy

1994 NR 2.7 out of 5 Stars

It's the 1950s, and high school sweethearts Michael (Jared Leto) and Roslyn (Alicia Silverstone) follow in the footsteps of many other couples they know: They get married. But soon, Roslyn feels stifled by her conventional existence and strains against it. Goaded by her best friend, Roslyn embarks on a dangerous affair, threatening her marriage, her reputation and life as she knows it.
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Married People, Single Sex 2

1995Netflix NR 2.6 out of 5 Stars

Three couples deal with problems in their sex lives that threaten their marriages. A wife discovers that her husband has been unfaithful, a couple argue about having children, and a couple realize that the spark has left their marriage.
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Permissive

1972 NR 2.6 out of 5 Stars

In London to visit an old school friend, a young girl is unwittingly plunged into the ruthless world of the rock star groupie. Fueled by sex, drugs and jealousy, her new lifestyle fosters in her a cold, cynical instinct for survival.
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The Night and the Moment

1994 NR 2.6 out of 5 Stars

A philandering writer (Willem Dafoe) in search of true love accepts an invitation from an aristocratic salonniere (Lena Olin), only to insinuate himself into her house and try to seduce her with stories of his various conquests. But what he doesn't realize is that their passions date back to his recent imprisonment, when she was incarcerated in the cell beside his.
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Woman Is the Future of Man

2004 NR 2.6 out of 5 Stars

Two old friends reminisce about the woman they both loved -- and abandoned -- in this poignant meditation on memory and loss from acclaimed Korean director Sang-soo Hong. Not content to let the past lie, childhood buddies Kim Hyeon-gon (Tae-woo Kim) and Lee Mun-ho (Ji-tae Yu) decide to seek out and surprise their former flame (Hyeon-a Seong), setting the stage for a reunion with unexpected emotional fallout.
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Paradise: Love

2012 NR 2.6 out of 5 Stars

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Teresa, a 50-year-old Austrian, vacations on Kenya's sun-kissed shores looking for love among the local beach boys who survive on European 'sugar mamas.' She falls for Munga, but soon realizes that his false sincerity is part of the sex tourism game.
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Edo Porn

1981 NR 2.6 out of 5 Stars

This biographical drama traces the life of Katsushika Hokusai, an artist from Japan's Edo period known for his iconic woodblock prints. When Hokusai meets a girl who resembles his long-lost love, he reconnects with the passion of his youth.
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Housewife's Afternoon Delight

2010 NR 2.6 out of 5 Stars

Sayaka is a sexually frustrated housewife whose husband rarely talks and is always busy with work. But she soon finds an antidote to her loneliness and boredom in the form of a door-to-door salesman in this erotic drama.
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Girl on a Motorcycle

1968 NR 2.5 out of 5 Stars

Ditching her husband, bored newlywed Rebecca hops on her motorcycle and races through Alsace to reconnect with her ex-lover. A string of flashbacks tells the story of the events that led her to abandon marriage just after her wedding.
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The Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors

2000 NR 2.5 out of 5 Stars

Director Sang-soo Hong dishes up a fresh take on modern courtship in this episodic tale that follows the evolution of a romance between TV writer Soo-jung and affluent art gallery owner Jae-hoon.
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Spanish Fly

1998 NR

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2.5 out of 5 Stars

An American journalist, Zoe (played by the multitalented Daphna Kastner, who also wrote and directed the film), knows better than to go into a story with her mind already made up. But that's exactly what she does when she heads off to Spain to write about its men and their macho take (as she sees it) on relationships. As she tries to prove her thesis, she soon realizes that she doesn't know as much about the male sex as she thought.
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Feathers of Passion

2003972 NR 2.5 out of 5 Stars

Luang, a wealthy widower, falls in love with Sarapee, a country girl whose parents sold her to a brothel. But on the night of their wedding, Sarapee runs away with her lover, and Luang's love turns into a deep hatred.
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Home Before Midnight

1979 NR 2.5 out of 5 Stars

Rock star Mike Beresford's life is turned upside down when he's accused of raping Ginny, a 14-year-old girl. Although he's innocent, the media has already found him guilty of the crime.
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