What's on Netflix Catalog Tracker

Track the full Netflix catalog and Netflix news in one actor. Powered by What's on Netflix, the leading independent Netflix tracking resource, this actor gives you structured, ready-to-use data on 8,000+ Netflix movies & TV shows (genre, cast, ratings, runtime, release year, Netflix Original status) plus the site's news & blog articles — coming-soon alerts, leaving-soon warnings, Top 10 reports, reviews, and more.

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What this actor does

• Catalog Browse & Search — search by title/cast/director, or browse the entire Netflix library filtered by content type, genre, language, release year range, alphabetical letter, director, cast member, and editorial tags (Netflix Originals, Must Watch picks, documentaries, anime, kids, stand-up comedy, reality TV, video podcasts)
• Random Picks ("surprise me" roulette) — get a batch of genuinely random Netflix titles matching your mood filters (content type, genre, language, maturity rating, runtime bucket, release year range, Netflix Originals) — perfect for "what should I watch tonight" style discovery
• Newly Added tracker — a precise date-added tracker for both the US and UK Netflix catalogs, filterable by production country, exact date-added range, and extra editorial tags (Christmas titles, interactive titles, titles unavailable on Netflix's ad-supported plan) not available on the plain catalog browse
• Upcoming titles — titles with a confirmed future Netflix release date, distinct from the editorial "Coming Soon" news articles
• Netflix News — pull the latest news & blog posts, optionally filtered by category (Coming Soon, Leaving Soon, What's New, Top 10 Reports, Reviews, Anime, Interviews, K-Dramas, Netflix Games, Soundtracks, Sports, UK) or a free-text search query
• Sorting — order results by title (A-Z / Z-A), release year, or date added, depending on mode
• Rich per-title metadata — IMDb rating, Rotten Tomatoes score, maturity rating, runtime, season/episode info, cast & director, cover art, and the official trailer link
• Extra critic scores on Random Picks & Newly Added — Rotten Tomatoes audience score, Metacritic score, and Letterboxd rating, plus (on Random Picks) the title's actual Netflix-CDN portrait poster and real-world release date — data points the catalog-browse endpoint doesn't expose
• Empty fields are always omitted from the output — every field you get back has a real value

Output fields

Catalog titles (mode: catalogBrowse)

Field	Description
titleId	Internal What's on Netflix title ID
title	Title of the movie/show
contentType	Movie or TV
language	Primary spoken/original language
genres[]	Genre tags (e.g. Drama, Horror)
maturityRating	US content rating (e.g. TV-MA, PG-13)
imdbRating	IMDb score, 0-10
rottenTomatoesScore	Rotten Tomatoes score, 0-100
runtime	Runtime as text (e.g. "85 mins")
runtimeMinutes	Runtime parsed to minutes
releaseYear	First release year
yearDisplay	Human-readable year/year-range (e.g. 2018–2020, 2026–present)
dateAddedToNetflix	Date the title was added to Netflix (ISO YYYY-MM-DD)
seasonInfo	Season/volume label for TV shows (e.g. Season 5 - Volume 3)
episodeCount	Number of episodes in the current season
seasons[]	Per-season breakdown for TV shows: seasonName, episodeCount, premiereDate (ISO YYYY-MM-DD) for each season released so far
description	Synopsis
director	Director name(s)
cast[]	Cast list
imageUrl	Cover art image
netflixId	Netflix's own title ID
netflixUrl	Direct Netflix watch page
isNetflixOriginal	true if a Netflix Original
isMustWatch	true if tagged a "Must Watch" editorial pick
isPodcast	true if from the Video Podcasts library section
youtubeTrailerId / youtubeTrailerUrl	Official trailer on YouTube
previewUrl	Link to the site's preview/announcement article, if one exists
reviewUrl	Link to the site's full review, if one exists
sourceUrl	Canonical Netflix watch page
recordType	Always "title"
scrapedAt	UTC timestamp the record was scraped

Random picks (mode: randomPicks)

Field	Description
titleId	Internal What's on Netflix title ID
netflixId	Netflix's own title ID
title	Title of the movie/show
contentType	Movie or TV
language	Primary spoken/original language
genres[]	Genre tags
maturityRating	US content rating
imdbRating	IMDb score, 0-10
rottenTomatoesScore	Rotten Tomatoes critic (Tomatometer) score, 0-100
rottenTomatoesAudienceScore	Rotten Tomatoes audience (Popcornmeter) score, 0-100 — only when available
metacriticScore	Metacritic score, 0-100 — only when available
letterboxdRating	Letterboxd average rating, 0-5 — only when available
runtime / runtimeMinutes	Runtime as text / parsed to minutes
releaseYear	First release year
yearDisplay	Human-readable year/year-range
releaseDate	The title's real-world release/premiere date (ISO YYYY-MM-DD) — only when available
seasonInfo / episodeCount	Season label and episode count for TV shows — only when available
description	Synopsis
director	Director name(s)
cast[]	Cast list
portraitImageUrl	Portrait poster art, served directly from Netflix's own image CDN
netflixUrl	Direct Netflix watch page — only when available
isNetflixOriginal	true if a Netflix Original
isMustWatch	true/false if the editorial "Must Watch" status is known — only when available
youtubeTrailerId / youtubeTrailerUrl	Official trailer on YouTube — only when available
previewUrl / reviewUrl	Links to the site's preview/review article — only when available
sourceUrl	Same as netflixUrl, when available
recordType	Always "randomPick"
scrapedAt	UTC timestamp the record was scraped

Newly added titles (mode: newlyAdded)

Field	Description
titleId	Internal What's on Netflix title ID
netflixId	Netflix's own title ID
title	Title of the movie/show
contentType	Movie or TV
language	Primary spoken/original language
genres[]	Genre tags
maturityRating	US content rating
imdbRating	IMDb score, 0-10
rottenTomatoesScore	Rotten Tomatoes critic (Tomatometer) score, 0-100 — only when available
rottenTomatoesAudienceScore	Rotten Tomatoes audience (Popcornmeter) score, 0-100 — only when available
metacriticScore	Metacritic score, 0-100 — only when available
letterboxdRating	Letterboxd average rating, 0-5 — only when available
runtime / runtimeMinutes	Runtime as text / parsed to minutes
releaseYear	First release year
yearDisplay	Human-readable year/year-range
dateAddedToNetflix	Date the title was added to Netflix (ISO YYYY-MM-DD)
seasonInfo / episodeCount	Season label and episode count for TV shows — only when available
description	Synopsis
director	Director name(s)
writer	Writer name(s) — only when available
awards	Awards/nominations summary — only when available
country	Primary production country
cast[]	Cast list
imageUrl	Cover art image
netflixUrl	Direct Netflix watch page
isNetflixOriginal	true if a Netflix Original
isMustWatch	true/false if the editorial "Must Watch" status is known
isPodcast	true if from the Video Podcasts library section
isChristmasTitle	true if tagged as a Christmas/holiday title
isInteractiveTitle	true if an interactive "choose your own adventure" style title
isUnavailableOnAdsPlan	true if the title is NOT available on Netflix's ad-supported (Standard with Ads) plan
youtubeTrailerId / youtubeTrailerUrl	Official trailer on YouTube — only when available
previewUrl	Link to the site's preview/announcement article, if one exists
sourceUrl	Same as netflixUrl
region	Netflix region this record was fetched for (US or UK)
recordType	Always "newlyAdded"
scrapedAt	UTC timestamp the record was scraped

Upcoming titles (mode: comingSoon)

Field	Description
netflixId	Netflix's own title ID
title	Title of the movie/show
releaseDate	Confirmed future Netflix release date (ISO YYYY-MM-DD)
titleYear	The title's original release/production year
contentType	Movie, Series, Documentary, or Stand-Up
seasonInfo	Season label, for TV shows — only when available
additionalInfo	Extra release-schedule note (e.g. "Weekly Episodes") — only when available
imageUrl	Cover art image
isNetflixOriginal	true if a Netflix Original
netflixUrl	Direct Netflix watch page
sourceUrl	Same as netflixUrl
recordType	Always "comingSoon"
scrapedAt	UTC timestamp the record was scraped

News articles (mode: news)

Field	Description
postId	WordPress post ID
title	Article headline
slug	URL slug
url	Article URL
excerpt	Short summary
contentText	Full article body as plain text (first 8,000 characters)
categories[]	Category name(s)
tags[]	Tag name(s)
publishedAt / modifiedAt	UTC timestamps
author / authorUrl	Byline author and their author page
featuredImageUrl	Article cover image
sourceUrl	Same as url
recordType	Always "article"
scrapedAt	UTC timestamp the record was scraped

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	select	catalogBrowse	catalogBrowse, randomPicks, newlyAdded, comingSoon, or news
searchQuery	string	–	Free-text search on title/cast/director (mode=catalogBrowse/randomPicks/newlyAdded/comingSoon)
contentType	select	All	Movie / TV (mode=catalogBrowse/randomPicks/newlyAdded)
director	string	–	Precise director-only match (mode=catalogBrowse)
castMember	string	–	Precise cast-only match (mode=catalogBrowse)
genre	select	All	One of 27 genres (mode=catalogBrowse/randomPicks/newlyAdded)
language	select	All	One of 28 languages (mode=catalogBrowse/randomPicks/newlyAdded)
letter	select	All	First letter A-Z or # (mode=catalogBrowse)
yearMin / yearMax	integer	–	Release-year range, 1940-2030 (mode=catalogBrowse/randomPicks)
region	select	us	us / uk Netflix catalog (mode=newlyAdded)
country	string	–	Production country, e.g. Japan (mode=newlyAdded)
dateFrom / dateTo	date	–	Date-added ISO range (mode=newlyAdded)
ratingFilter	select	Any	One of 6 maturity ratings (mode=randomPicks)
runtimeFilter	select	Any	short (<90 min) / standard (90-150 min) / long (>150 min) (mode=randomPicks)
sortBy	select	title_asc	title_asc / title_desc / year_desc / year_asc (mode=catalogBrowse)
newlyAddedSortBy	select	date_desc	Date/title/popularity sort (mode=newlyAdded)
comingSoonSortBy	select	date_asc	Date/title sort (mode=comingSoon)
netflixOriginalsOnly	boolean	false	Only Netflix Originals (mode=catalogBrowse/randomPicks/newlyAdded/comingSoon)
mustWatchOnly	boolean	false	Only editorial "Must Watch" picks (mode=catalogBrowse/newlyAdded)
documentariesOnly	boolean	false	Only documentaries (mode=catalogBrowse/randomPicks/newlyAdded)
animeOnly	boolean	false	Only anime (mode=catalogBrowse/randomPicks/newlyAdded)
kidsOnly	boolean	false	Only Kids library titles (mode=catalogBrowse/randomPicks/newlyAdded)
standupOnly	boolean	false	Only stand-up comedy specials (mode=catalogBrowse/randomPicks/newlyAdded)
realityOnly	boolean	false	Only reality TV (mode=catalogBrowse/randomPicks/newlyAdded)
podcastsOnly	boolean	false	Only video podcasts (mode=catalogBrowse/newlyAdded)
christmasOnly	boolean	false	Only Christmas/holiday titles (mode=newlyAdded)
interactiveOnly	boolean	false	Only interactive titles (mode=newlyAdded)
adsPlanUnavailableOnly	boolean	false	Only titles unavailable on the ad-supported plan (mode=newlyAdded)
newsCategory	select	All	One of 13 news categories (mode=news)
newsSearchQuery	string	–	Free-text search on news articles (mode=news)
maxItems	integer	20	Hard cap on emitted records (1-2000); in mode=randomPicks, also the number of random picks requested

Example: search the catalog

{
  "mode": "catalogBrowse",
  "searchQuery": "stranger things",
  "maxItems": 20
}

Example: browse Korean dramas released 2020-2024, newest first

{
  "mode": "catalogBrowse",
  "language": "korean",
  "genre": "drama",
  "yearMin": 2020,
  "yearMax": 2024,
  "sortBy": "year_desc",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example: Netflix Originals starting with "A"

{
  "mode": "catalogBrowse",
  "letter": "A",
  "netflixOriginalsOnly": true,
  "maxItems": 100
}

Example: 10 random "surprise me" picks — Korean, R-rated, over 150 mins

{
  "mode": "randomPicks",
  "language": "korean",
  "ratingFilter": "R",
  "runtimeFilter": "long",
  "maxItems": 10
}

Example: latest "Coming Soon to Netflix" news

{
  "mode": "news",
  "newsCategory": "comingSoon",
  "maxItems": 25
}

Example: Christopher Nolan titles on Netflix

{
  "mode": "catalogBrowse",
  "director": "Christopher Nolan",
  "maxItems": 20
}

Example: Japanese titles added to the UK Netflix catalog this month

{
  "mode": "newlyAdded",
  "region": "uk",
  "country": "Japan",
  "dateFrom": "2026-07-01",
  "dateTo": "2026-07-31",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example: everything landing on Netflix in the next few weeks

{
  "mode": "comingSoon",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Use cases

• Streaming intelligence — track Netflix's catalog composition by genre, language, and content type over time
• Recommendation engines — feed structured Netflix metadata (ratings, genres, cast) into a recommender system
• Content discovery apps — power a "what to watch" browser filtered by mood, genre, or rating, or bolt on a "surprise me" random-pick button
• Media monitoring — get alerted to newly announced, coming-soon, or soon-to-be-removed Netflix titles
• Competitive/market research — analyze Netflix Originals output and Top 10 chart trends over time
• Academic/data research — bulk-export catalog metadata for streaming-market analysis

FAQ

Is this affiliated with the data source? No, this is a third-party actor that scrapes What's on Netflix, the largest independent Netflix tracking site, which maintains its own manually-curated catalog and news database. It is not affiliated with Netflix or What's on Netflix.

Which Netflix region does the catalog cover? catalogBrowse and randomPicks cover the US Netflix catalog. newlyAdded covers either the US or UK catalog, selectable via the region input.

What's the difference between mode: comingSoon and the "Coming Soon" news category? mode: comingSoon returns structured data (title, confirmed release date, Netflix ID) for titles with a concrete future Netflix release date. mode: news with newsCategory: comingSoon instead returns the site's editorial announcement/preview blog articles about upcoming titles — prose, not structured release-date records.

What does isUnavailableOnAdsPlan mean? Some licensed titles (and a subset of Netflix Originals) aren't available on Netflix's ad-supported "Standard with Ads" plan due to studio licensing restrictions — this flag (mode=newlyAdded only) tells you which ones.

How fresh is the data? What's on Netflix updates its catalog and news daily as titles are added/removed and news breaks. Because it's an independently-maintained tracking database rather than Netflix's own catalog API, a small fraction of netflixUrl/sourceUrl links can briefly 404 if a title was removed from Netflix after the tracker's last update — this is an upstream data-freshness limitation, not a broken link on our end.

What does "Must Watch" mean? An editorial tag the What's on Netflix team applies to titles they specifically recommend.

Why do some titles have no IMDb/Rotten Tomatoes score? Not every title (especially very new or exclusive originals) has been rated yet on those platforms; the field is simply omitted when no score is available.

What's the difference between previewUrl and reviewUrl? previewUrl links to the site's pre-release announcement/preview article; reviewUrl links to their full post-release review. Both are optional — most titles don't have either.

Can I combine multiple filters? Yes — all catalogBrowse filters (content type, genre, language, letter, year range, and the editorial toggles) can be combined freely. The same applies to randomPicks, which additionally supports maturity-rating and runtime filters.

How is randomPicks different from catalogBrowse? catalogBrowse deterministically returns every title matching your filters, page by page. randomPicks instead draws a fresh, genuinely random sample of titles matching your filters each run — same underlying Netflix catalog, but for "surprise me" / discovery use cases rather than exhaustive listing. It also occasionally surfaces extra critic scores (Rotten Tomatoes audience score, Metacritic, Letterboxd) and a real-world release date that catalogBrowse doesn't have.

Will randomPicks always return exactly maxItems records? Only if at least that many distinct titles match your filters — the actor makes several fresh random draws and de-duplicates until it reaches maxItems or exhausts the matching pool, whichever comes first.

Does contentType support "Series"? No — the upstream catalog only distinguishes Movie and TV. Use TV for all series/shows.