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Stockholders' Equity (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
Share data in Millions, unless otherwise specified
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
employee_group
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Components of Stockholders' Equity [Line Items]      
Total intrinsic value of options exercised   $ 80,800,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue $ 101,500,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue
Cash received from option exercises   $ 10,916,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised $ 32,448,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised
Number of employee groups 2nflx_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEmployeeGroupsNumber    
2011 Stock Plan [Member]      
Components of Stockholders' Equity [Line Items]      
Shares reserved for future issuance   2.7us-gaap_CommonStockCapitalSharesReservedForFutureIssuance
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= nflx_TwoThousandAndElevenStockPlanMember