| Roger Abele | Village Voice Poll | 2016 |
| Jeryll Adler | Film Society | 2016 |
| 1 | Al Alexander | The Patriot Ledger | 2016 |
| 1 | Gabriel Alvarez | Merry Jane | 2016 |
| 7 | Cameron Bailey | indieWIRE | 2016 |
| 7 | Ken Bakely | Film Pulse | 2016 |
| 7 | RogerEbert.com | Balder & Dash Staff | 2016 |
| 5 | Baltimore City Paper | | 2016 |
| 6 | Danny Bowes | Film School Rejects | 2016 |
| 3 | Chris Cabin | Collider.com | 2016 |
| Canyon News | | 2016 |
| 5 | Clay Cane | BET | 2016 |
| 1 | Godfrey Cheshire | ROgerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 7 | Collider | | 2016 |
| 7 | Complex Staff | | 2016 |
| 6 | Stephen Cone | Talk House | 2016 |
| 9 | Manohla Dargis | New York Times | 2016 |
| 3 | Robert Dassanowski | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 4 | Clayton Davis | Awards Circuit | 2016 |
| Erik Davis | Movies.com | 2016 |
| Jonathan Demme | Director | 2016 |
| 6 | Diana Drumm | Female Film Critics | 2016 |
| Jay Duplass | Director | 2016 |
| 6 | Annlee Ellingson | LA Biz | 2016 |
| 8 | Steve Erickson | Gay City News | 2016 |
| Shelley Farmer | Village Voice | 2016 |
| Sara Michelle Fetters | Seattle Gay News | 2016 |
| 7 | Ryan Fleck | Talk House | 2016 |
| 9 | Cynthia Fuchs | PopMatters | 2016 |
| 10 | Jack Garner | Democrat and Chronicle | 2016 |
| 6 | Todd Gilchrist | Mtime.com | 2016 |
| 4 | Caroline Giroux | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 3 | Matt Goldberg | Collider | 2016 |
| Marsha Gordon | Movies on the Radio | 2016 |
| Kevin Gosztiola | The Dissenter | 2016 |
| 6 | Megan Griffiths | Talk House | 2016 |
| 4 | John Hartl | Parallax View | 2016 |
| 4 | Odie Henderson | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 10 | Eugene Hernandez | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 9 | Hollywood.com | | 2016 |
| Marshall Honorof | Tom's Guide | 2016 |
| 9 | Ann Hornaday | Washington Post | 2016 |
| Yue Huang | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 10 | Ren Jender | Village Voice | 2016 |
| Kent Jones | Film Comment | 2016 |
| 6 | Anita Katz | San Francscio Examiner | 2016 |
| 5 | Sandy Kenyon | ABC 7 | 2016 |
| 5 | Max Kermode | The Guardian | 2016 |
| 7 | Jeremy Kirk | First Showing | 2016 |
| Ryland Walker Knight | | 2016 |
| 8 | Julie Kosin | Harpers Bazaar | 2016 |
| 10 | Adam Kuntavanish | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 8 | Kevin Lally | Film Journal International | 2016 |
| 5 | Christy Lemire | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 3 | Jonathan Lisecki | Talk House | 2016 |
| Sue Lonac | Seattle Screen Scene | 2016 |
| 3 | Kristen Lopez | Culturess | 2016 |
| 4 | Melanie Lynskey | Talk House | 2016 |
| 10 | Steve Macfarlane | Slant Magazine | 2016 |
| 10 | Devin Mainville | Chicago Now | 2016 |
| Marc Malkin | E! Online | 2016 |
| 6 | Yehudit Mam | I've Had it With Hollywood | 2016 |
| 3 | Todd McCarthy | Hollywood Reporter | 2016 |
| 7 | Sinead McCausland | Film School Rejects | 2016 |
| 7 | Ryan McNeil | The Matinee | 2016 |
| Scott Mendelson | Forbes | 2016 |
| Neil Minow | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| Bob Mondello | NPR | 2016 |
| Jana J. Monji | Pasadena Weekly | 2016 |
| 8 | Angela Morrison | Film School Rejects | 2016 |
| 7 | Elise Nakhnikian | Slant | 2016 |
| 8 | Terence Nance | Talk House | 2016 |
| Benjamin Nason | The MacGuffin | 2016 |
| 10 | Dan Nuxoll | Rooftop Films | 2016 |
| Tricia Olszewski | Washington City Paper | 2016 |
| 8 | Leah Pickett | Chicago Reader | 2016 |
| 9 | James Ponsoldt | Director | 2016 |
| 9 | Jamie Righetti | Film School Rejects | 2016 |
| Jake Roberts | Glide Magazine | 2016 |
| 10 | Rejendra Roy | indieWIRE | 2016 |
| 4 | San Francisco Chronicle Consensus | | 2016 |
| Dash Shaw | Director | 2016 |
| 2 | Alan Scherstuhl | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 8 | Meg Shields | Film School Rejects | 2016 |
| 3 | Christopher Sikich | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 10 | Cole Smithey | Forbes | 2016 |
| Onur Tukel | Talk House | 2016 |
| 2 | Kenneth Turan | Los Angeles Times | 2016 |
| 7 | What Culture | | 2016 |
| Wired Staff | | 2016 |
| 6 | April Wolfe | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 7 | Caveh Zahedi | Talk House | 2016 |