| George Anderson | Pittsburgh Post Gazette | 1984 | Yes |
| Paul Attanasio | Washington Post | 1984 | Yes |
| Bruce Bailey | Montreal Gazette | 1984 | Yes |
| Joe Baltake | Philadelphia Daily News | 1984 | Yes |
| Harper Barnes | St. Louis Post Dispatch | 1984 | Yes |
| Sheila Benson | Los Angeles Times | 1984 | Yes |
| Joseph Bensoua | Daily Breeze | 1984 | No |
| Ed Blank | Pittsburgh Press | 1984 | No |
| Jon Bowman | Santa Fe New Mexican | 1984 | No |
| Jay Boyar | Orlando Sentinel | 1984 | Yes |
| Dean Boyd | Pensacola Journal | 1984 | No |
| Tim Brooks | Burlington Free Press | 1984 | No |
| Joan Bunke | Des Moines Register | 1984 | No |
| Bill Bunn | Port Huron Times Herald | 1984 | No |
| Burl Burlingame | Honolulu Star Bulletin | 1984 | Yes |
| Cahiers du Cinema | | 1984 | No |
| Scott Cain | Atlanta Constitution | 1984 | No |
| Arch Campbell | NBC | 1984 | No |
| Vincent Canby | New York Times | 1984 | Yes |
| Kathleen Carroll | New York Daily News | 1984 | Yes |
| Rick Chatenever | Santa Cruz Sentinel | 1984 | No |
| David Chute | Film Comment | 1984 | Yes |
| Michael Clark | USA Today | 1984 | No |
| Richard Corliss | Film Comment | 1984 | Yes |
| Bill Cosford | Miami Herald | 1984 | No |
| Dan Craft | The Pantagraph | 1984 | No |
| Bruce Daniels | Alburquerqee Journal | 1984 | No |
| Gary | Decatur Herald and Review | 1984 | No |
| Theresa | Decatur Herald and Review | 1984 | No |
| Tony DeSena | New Jersey Daily Recorder | 1984 | No |
| Roger Ebert | Chicago Sun-Times | 1984 | Yes |
| David Edelstein | Village Voice | 1984 | Yes |
| Henry Edgar | Newport Daily Press | 1984 | No |
| David Elliott | San Diego Union-Tribune | 1984 | Yes |
| Richard Freedman | Newhouse Newspapers | 1984 | Yes |
| John Futty | Mansfield News Journal | 1984 | No |
| Jack Garner | Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | 1984 | Yes |
| Joseph Gelmis | Newsday | 1984 | Yes |
| Owen Gleiberman | Boston Phoenix | 1984 | Yes |
| Richard Glover | Sydney Morning Herald | 1984 | No |
| Fred Haeseker | Calgary Herald | 1984 | No |
| Bill Hagen | San Diego Union-Tribune | 1984 | No |
| Stephen Harvey | Film Comment | 1984 | No |
| Allen Hasson | Vernal Express | 1984 | No |
| Terry Hazlett | Observer-Reporter | 1984 | No |
| J Hoberman | Village Voice | 1984 | No |
| Stephen Hunter | Baltimore Sun | 1984 | Yes |
| International Film Guide | | 1984 | No |
| Tom Jacobs | San Berardino County Sun | 1984 | Yes |
| Harlan Jacobson | Film Comment | 1984 | Yes |
| Richard Jameson | Film Comment | 1984 | No |
| Malcolm Johnson | Hartford Courant | 1984 | No |
| Dave Kehr | Chicago Tribune | 1984 | Yes |
| Andrew Kopkind | The Nation | 1984 | No |
| Kevin Lally | Courier News | 1984 | Yes |
| Bob Lundegaard | Minneapolis Star Tribune | 1984 | No |
| Rick Lyman | Philadelphia Inquirer | 1984 | Yes |
| Derek Malcolm | The Guardian | 1984 | No |
| Leonard Maltin | Entertainment Tonight | 1984 | No |
| David Mannweiler | Indianapolis News | 1984 | No |
| Jon Marlowe | Miami News | 1984 | No |
| Jack Matthews | USA Today | 1984 | No |
| Marsha McCreadie | Arizona Republic | 1984 | Yes |
| Bruce Miller | Sioux City Journal | 1984 | No |
| National Board of Review | | 1984 | No |
| Marcia Pally | Film Comment | 1984 | No |
| People Magazine | | 1984 | No |
| Jon Plaut | Madison Eagle | 1984 | No |
| Catherine Rambeau | Detroit Free Press | 1984 | No |
| Rex Reed | New York Post | 1984 | Yes |
| Scott Rosenberg | Boston Phoenix | 1984 | Yes |
| Keith Roysdon | Muncie Evening Press | 1984 | No |
| Candice Russell | Fort Lauderdale News | 1984 | Yes |
| Desmond Ryan | Philadelphia Inquirer | 1984 | Yes |
| Tom Sabulis | St. Petersburg Times | 1984 | No |
| Andrew Sarris | Village Voice | 1984 | Yes |
| Stephen Schiff | Film Comment | 1984 | No |
| Jay Scott | Toronto Globe and Mail | 1984 | Yes |
| Henry Sheehan | Boston Phoenix | 1984 | Yes |
| Joel Siegel | Good Morning America | 1984 | Yes |
| Gene Siskel | Chicago Tribune | 1984 | Yes |
| Michael Sragow | Boston Phoenix | 1984 | Yes |
| Elliott Stein | Film Comment | 1984 | Yes |
| David Sterritt | Christian Science Monitor | 1984 | Yes |
| Judy Stone | San Francisco Chronicle | 1984 | Yes |
| Jack Sturdy | Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel | 1984 | No |
| The Tennesseen | | 1984 | No |
| Harry Themal | News Journal | 1984 | No |
| Bob Thomas | Associated Press | 1984 | Yes |
| David Thompson | Film Comment | 1984 | Yes |
| Richard Corliss | Time Magazine | 1984 | Yes |
| Greg Tozian | Tampa Tribune | 1984 | No |
| Jacqi Tully | Arizona Daily Star | 1984 | No |
| Steve Vineberg | Stanford Daily | 1984 | Yes |
| George Williams | Santa Cruz Sentinel | 1984 | No |
| William Wolf | Gannett News Service | 1984 | No |
| Phillip Wuntch | Dallas Morning News | 1984 | No |