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.
| Editing | Elliot Graham | Editor |
| Directing | Gus Van Sant | Director |
| Production | Bruce Cohen | Producer |
| Camera | Harris Savides | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Dustin Lance Black | Writer |
| Crew | Mike Martinez | Stunts |
| Crew | Michael E. Phillips | Thanks |
| Visual Effects | Syd Dutton | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Bill Taylor | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Victoria DeKay | Costume Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Tsui Ling Toomer | Visual Effects Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valerie White | Set Costumer |
| Visual Effects | Catherine Sudolcan | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Roger Mocenigo | Additional Visual Effects |
| Art | Susan Alegria | Assistant Art Director |
| Visual Effects | Chel White | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karen Bradley | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gretchen Davis | Key Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Felix Andrew | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Brian Dunlop | Sound Effects Editor |
| Art | Bill Groom | Production Design |
| Production | Dustin Lance Black | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Steven E. Anderson | Makeup Department Head |
| Sound | Gus Van Sant | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Tom Sindicich | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Production | William Horberg | Executive Producer |
| Production | Bruna Papandrea | Executive Producer |
| Production | Francine Maisler | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Debra Dietrich | Key Hair Stylist |
| Sound | Chris David | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danny Glicker | Costume Design |
| Production | Barbara A. Hall | Executive Producer |
| Production | Dan Jinks | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Casey Cannon | Visual Effects Producer |
| Sound | Leslie Shatz | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Danny Elfman | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael White | Hair Department Head |
| Sound | Neil Riha | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Michael London | Executive Producer |
| Art | Barbara Munch | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jennifer Tremont | Hairstylist |
| Visual Effects | Eric D. Christensen | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Leslie Shatz | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Art | Charley Beal | Art Direction |
