Scrolling through Netflix can often feel like a chore, especially when you kind of know what you are in the mood for but don’t know how to search for that.
Well, stress no more, because this genius Netflix hack is a genuine gamechanger that will stop you wasting those precious minutes finding what you fancy.
Yep, if it’s a Tuesday evening and you fancy an understated drama from the 1950s or a mad scientist comedy or even a steamy horror film, all you need to do is type in a very specific code, and Netflix will present all the possible options.
Once you’ve discovered your code – and there are over 27,002 available here so the list is endless – you just need to log in and then type in http://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/XXXX to the web address.
But instead of XXXX you include the five-digit code.
So next time you’re in the mood for a girl power science fiction flick (Alien) or a visually striking romance (Amelie) just remember that it’s much easier with this hack.
The reason for what may appear to be random genres, however, is because of the company’s decision to sort films and TV shows into separate genres, many that they often create themselves.
Staff at the company are asked to ‘watch, research, rate, tag, annotate and write analysis for movie and TV content’ and it’s the tag that often leads to these classifications.
Or, if you really don’t want to even do that, just check out our handy guide to what’s out in the next month on Netflix.
While September felt like a quiet month on the streaming platform before The Politician’s late arrival, Netflix is throwing out some big guns in a possible bid to distract from Disney+ and Apple TV’s impending launch, including the long-awaited Breaking Bad film.
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