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Stockholders' Equity (Preferred Stock and Voting Rights) (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
vote
Dec. 31, 2013
Nov. 02, 2012
Dec. 31, 2012
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Preferred stock, shares authorized 10,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized 10,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized    
Preferred stock, par value $ 0.001us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.001us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.001us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare  
Preferred stock, shares issued 0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued 0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued    
Preferred stock, shares outstanding 0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding 0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding    
Number of voting rights per share 1nflx_CommonstockVotingRightsVotesperShare      
Series A [Member]        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Preferred stock, shares authorized       1,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_SeriesAMember
Preferred stock, par value       $ 0.001us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
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= us-gaap_SeriesAMember
Undesignated Stock [Member]        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Preferred stock, shares authorized       9,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized
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= nflx_UndesignatedStockMember
Preferred stock, par value       $ 0.001us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
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= nflx_UndesignatedStockMember