De film vertelt het verhaal van Harvey Milk (Sean Penn). Harvey Milk was het eerste homoseksuele gemeenteraadslid van San Francisco en was één van de allereerste activisten voor gelijke rechten. Milk leert in deze periode onder andere de activisten Cleve Jones (Emile Hirsch) en Scott Smith (James Franco) kennen waarmee hij verschillende mooie, maar ook dramatische momenten beleeft.
Nee, helaas is Milk nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Bruce Cohen | Producer |
| Directing | Gus Van Sant | Director |
| Editing | Elliot Graham | Editor |
| Camera | Harris Savides | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Dustin Lance Black | Writer |
| Crew | Mike Martinez | Stunts |
| Crew | Michael E. Phillips | Thanks |
| Visual Effects | Roger Mocenigo | Additional Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Syd Dutton | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Catherine Sudolcan | Visual Effects Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valerie White | Set Costumer |
| Visual Effects | Tsui Ling Toomer | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Bill Taylor | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Chel White | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Art | Susan Alegria | Assistant Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Victoria DeKay | Costume Supervisor |
| Sound | Danny Elfman | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Tom Sindicich | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Production | Dustin Lance Black | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karen Bradley | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Francine Maisler | Casting |
| Sound | Chris David | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gretchen Davis | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Debra Dietrich | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Steven E. Anderson | Makeup Department Head |
| Sound | Felix Andrew | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Leslie Shatz | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Art | Barbara Munch | Set Decoration |
| Production | William Horberg | Executive Producer |
| Production | Bruna Papandrea | Executive Producer |
| Production | Dan Jinks | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Casey Cannon | Visual Effects Producer |
| Art | Charley Beal | Art Direction |
| Sound | Neil Riha | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Leslie Shatz | Sound Designer |
| Art | Bill Groom | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael White | Hair Department Head |
| Visual Effects | Eric D. Christensen | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danny Glicker | Costume Design |
| Production | Michael London | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jennifer Tremont | Hairstylist |
| Production | Barbara A. Hall | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Gus Van Sant | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Brian Dunlop | Sound Effects Editor |
