Netflix has an insane amount of content, but it's not always easy to find what you want.
The categories Netflix normally gives you access to while you're browsing are pretty broad, but below the surface Netflix actually splits movies and TV shows into hundreds (and potentially thousands) of incredibly specific micro-categories.
All these categories are tagged with a number — for example, "Epics" is category No. 52858. If you know the code, all you have to do is type it into your address bar after the word "genre," like this: http://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/52858.
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But it's annoying to try and find those codes, which is why engineer Deekshith Allamaneni decided to make a Chrome extension that makes it easy for you to find them.
The extension, called "Netflix Categories," gives you both a dropdown menu for the categories and a search bar. It also lets you mark your favorites. Right now, the extension has over 100 categories, and Allamaneni says more will be added soon.
Here's a short video of how it works:
And if you're curious to see some of best secret categories, here's a list we previously put together of 18 of them:
Wine and Beverage Appreciation (1458)
Sample: "Drinking Buddies" (2013). Complications ensue when Chicago brewery workmates Luke and Kate — the best friends on and off the clock — spend a weekend at a lakeside retreat.
More examples: "The Birth of Sake," "Three Stars," "A Yeah in Champagne"
Steamy British Independent Dramas (4170)
Sample: "The Look of Love" (2013). This bittersweet biopic chronicles the over-the-top life of Paul Raymond, England's Hugh Hefner, from nightclub to mind reader to burlesque impresario.
Other examples: "The Duke of Burgundy," "Perfect Sense," "The Comedian"
Movies for Ages 0 to 2 (6796)
Sample: "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas" (1999). Who stuffs your stocking with tales of holiday cheer? The one and only mouse with big, round ears!
Other examples: "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," "Three Little Pigs," "Piglet's Big Movie"
Gritty Tearjerkers (276)
Sample: "Fruitvale Station" (2013). This dramatic rendering of a real-life tragedy recounts the final hours of Oscar Grant, who was shot by San Francisco Transit Police on New Year's Day in 2009.
Other examples: "Remembrance," "The Impossible"
Cerebral Scandinavian Movies (995)
Sample: "Melancholia" (2011). The cosmos is in turmoil as planets collide. As above, so below — it's going to be a strange wedding day.
Other examples: "Nymphomaniac Vol. 1 and 2," "The Girl King," "Tikkun"
Understated Horror Movies (4765)
Sample: "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night" (2014). A bad town suddenly got a lot worse: There's a vampire lurking in the shadows, and she has an agenda.
More examples: "The Unwanted," "They Look Like People," "When Animals Dream"
Critically Acclaimed Animal Tales (566)
Sample: "Chicken Run" (2000). Two chickens hatch an elaborate plan to escape the farm before their goose is cooked. Can they fly the coop?
Other examples: "Antz," "Babe"
Social-Issue Dramas (3947)
Sample: "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962). A valiant lawyer, a black man falsely accused. Seen through the eyes of a feisty girl, innocence and justice collide.
Other examples: "Glory Road," "Omar," "He Got Game," "Mona Lisa Smile"
Korean Crime Thrillers (434)
Sample: "Oldboy" (2003). With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged, and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.
Other examples: "The Chronicles of Evil," "Sea Fog"
Heartfelt Sports Movies (4116)
Sample: "Undefeated" (2011). An inspirational profile of an inner-city high school football team's valiant effort to reach the school's first-ever playoff game.
Other examples: "The Real Miyagi," "4 Minute Mile," "Legendary"
British Coming-of-Age Movies (2386)
Sample: "Fish Tank" (2009). The life of a hot-tempered teen outcast takes an unexpected turn when her mother brings home a handsome and mysterious boyfriend.
Other examples: "The Falling," "Masterpiece Classic: The Diary of Anne Frank"
Cult Satanic Stories (3527)
Sample: "Stephen King's Children of the Corn" (1984). A couple stranded in a rural town falls into the hands of a group of children who murder all the town's adults at the command of their leader.
Other examples: Three Hellraiser movies
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