Secret Netflix codes to unlock

The recommended content on your Netflix account comes from a complicated algorithm analysing your viewing history.

And unless you are sharing your profile with your roommates, most of the content is pretty suited to your personal taste.

But, sometimes after endlessly scrolling through Netflix, you find yourself no closer to making a selection from the recommended content, reports News.com.au.

This is where a collection of "secret codes" will be a godsend.

By making a small tweak to the Netflix URL, you will be able to unlock hyper-specific genres such as religious documentaries or cerebral French-language dramas from the 1960s.

To manually explore categories usually hidden by the streaming service, you will need to enter the following URL: http://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/INSERTNUMBER

Then, simply replace the "INSERTNUMBER" component of the URL with one of the codes needed to access the alternative genres.

To get you started we have listed three collections of codes below, but the extensive list can be found in entirety here.

ACTION & ADVENTURE

• 1365 = Action & Adventure
• 77232 = Asian Action Movies
• 46576 = Classic Action & Adventure
• 43040 = Action Comedies
• 43048 = Action Thrillers
• 8985 = Martial Arts Movies
• 2125 = Military Action & Adventure
• 7442 = Adventures
• 10118 = Comic Book and Superhero Movies
• 7700 = Westerns
• 10702 = Spy Action & Adventure
• 9584 = Crime Action & Adventure
• 11828 = Foreign Action & Adventure

COMEDY

• 6548 = Comedies
• 869 = Dark Comedies
• 4426 = Foreign Comedies
• 1402 = Late Night Comedies
• 26 = Mockumentaries
• 2700 = Political Comedies
• 9702 = Screwball Comedies
• 5286 = Sports Comedies
• 11559 = Stand-up Comedy
• 3519 = Teen Comedies
• 4922 = Satires
• 5475 = Romantic Comedies
• 10256 = Slapstick Comedies

CULT

• 7627 = Cult Movies
• 8195 = B-Horror Movies
• 1252 = Campy Movies
• 10944 = Cult Horror Movies
• 4734 = Cult Sci-Fi & Fantasy
• 9434 = Cult Comedies
• 4195 = Independent Comedies

DOCUMENTARY

• 6839 = Documentaries
• 3652 = Biographical Documentaries
• 9875 = Crime Documentaries
• 5161 = Foreign Documentaries
• 5349 = Historical Documentaries
• 4006 = Military Documentaries
• 180 = Sports Documentaries
• 90361 = Music & Concert Documentaries
• 1159 = Travel & Adventure Documentaries
• 7018 = Political Documentaries
• 10005 = Religious Documentaries
• 2595 = Science & Nature Documentaries
• 3675 = Social & Cultural Documentaries

This trick works for all regions of Netflix.