Have you ever wondered how many categories are available within Netflix? Have you spent time looking for something to watch without being able to filter your search as you like?
The Netflix interface is basically a jigsaw made up of different containers. Each container displays different groups of content relative to the viewer (i.e: Popular on Netflix; Because you watched “movie x” you might like, etc.) The recommendation engine behind this system uses a database that contains unique IDs. Those IDs are usually used in coding to retrieve the data from the database and render it on the screen in an easy way for humans.
Below you will find a list of unique IDs, each representing a category within the Netflix library. Using those IDs will allow you to display all content relevant to certain category or grouping. We think this method will help you find the movie genre you are looking for on Netflix quickly and easily.
How to do that?
You just need to insert the following link https://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/XXXX on your browser swapping the XXXX with one of the numbers below.
For example, for action and adventure category your link will look like: https://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/1365
an example on how to access Netflix categories
1365 = action & adventure 43040 = action comedies 1568 = action sci-fi & fantasy 43048 = action thrillers 11881 = adult anumation 7442 = adventures 3327 = alien sci-fi 5507 = animal tales 7423 = anime 77232 – asian action movies 5230 = australian movies 12339 = baseball movies 12762 = basketball movies 3652 = biographical documentaries 3179 = biographical dramas 12443 = boxing movies 10757 = British movies 52117 = British TV shows 783 = Children and family movies 31694 = classic comedies 29809 = classic dramas 31574 = classic movies 31273 = classic classic romantic movies 47147 = classic sci-fi & fantasy 46588 = classic thrillers 46553 = classic tv shows 48744 = classic war movies 47465 = classic westerns 6548 = comedies 10118 = comic book and superhero movies 1105 = country and western/folk 6895 = creatures features 9584 = crime action and adventure 9875 = crime documentaries 6889 = crime dramas 26146 = crime tv shows 7627 = cult movies 67673 = disney 6839 = documentaries 5763 = dramas 4961 = dramas based on books 10659 = education for kids 26835 = faith and spirituality 51056 = family features 9744 = fantasy movies 72436 = food and travel tv 12803 = football movies 7462 = foreign movies 6485 = foreign sci-fi & fantasy 10306 = foreign thrillers 58807 = fresh movies 31851 = gangster movies 500 = gay and lesbian dramas 5349 = historical documentaries 89585 = horror comedy 8711 = horror movies 7077 = independent movies 27346 = kids’ TV 8985 = martial arts movies 2125 = military action and adventure 10056 = movies based on children’s books 6796 = movies for ages 0 to 2 6218 = movies for ages 2 to 4 5455 = movies for ages 5 to 7 561 = movies for ages 8 to 10 6962 = movies for ages 11 to 12 1701 = music 13335 = musicals 9994 = mysteries 7018 = political documentaries 5505 = psychological thrillers 36103 = quick romance 9833 = reality tv 502675 = romantic favorites 7153 = romantic foreign movies 1492 = sci-fi & fantasy 52780 = science and nature tv 53310 = silent movies 8646 = slasher and serial killer movies 3675 = social and cultural documentaries 3947 = social issue dramas 9327 = sports and fitness 180 = sports documentaries 10702 = spy action and adventure 35800 = steamy romantic movies 972 = steamy thrillers 11140 = supernatural thrillers 6384 = tearjerkers 3519 = teen comedies 9299 = teen dramas 8933 = thrillers 1159 = travel & adventure documentaries 10673 = TV action and adventure 11177 = tv cartoons 75804 = vampire horror movies 7700 = westerns 75405 = zombie horror movie