| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Jake Jacobson | Westwood One | 2014 |
| 10 | Jessica Kiang | The Playlist | 2014 |
| 8 | Don Marks | Skandies | 2014 |
| Oliver Skinner | Sound On Sight | 2014 | |
| 3 | Beth Accomando | KPBS | 2015 |
| 8 | Carlos Aguilar | IndieWire | 2015 |
| 8 | Jeffrey Anderson | Fandor | 2015 |
| 1 | David Ansen | Village Voice poll | 2015 |
| 1 | Daniel Barnes | Sacramento News & Review | 2015 |
| 3 | Steven Boone | village voice poll | 2015 |
| Peter Bradshaw | The Guardian | 2015 | |
| Catherine Bray | Variety | 2015 | |
| 3 | Matt Brunson | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 7 | Daryl Chin | Documents on Art & Cinema | 2015 |
| 6 | Seongyong Cho | RogerEbert.com | 2015 |
| Donald Clarke | Irish Times | 2015 | |
| 6 | Nina Corcoran | Consequence of Sound | 2015 |
| 3 | Diego Costa | Slant | 2015 |
| 6 | Travis Crawford | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 5 | David Ehrlich | Film.com | 2015 |
| 7 | Kenji Fujishima | Slant | 2015 |
| 7 | Blake Goble | Consequence of Sound | 2015 |
| 6 | Niclas Goldberg | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 8 | Lance Goldenberg | village voice | 2015 |
| 9 | Nik Grozdanovic | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 5 | Skander H. | Skandies | 2015 |
| 9 | Jeremy Heilman | Skandies | 2015 |
| 7 | Jordan Hoffman | village voice | 2015 |
| 3 | Jake Jacobson | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 4 | Eric Kohn | indieWire | 2015 |
| 7 | Josh Kupecki | Austic Chronicle | 2015 |
| Craig Lindsey | village voice | 2015 | |
| 4 | Ben Nicholson | CineVue | 2015 |
| 7 | Rania Richardson | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 7 | Shade Rupe | Fandor | 2015 |
| 10 | Witney Seibold | Crave | 2015 |
| 9 | Alissa Simon | Variety | 2015 |
| Ryan Werner | indiewire | 2015 | |
| 7 | Matthew Wilder | village voice | 2015 |
| 10 | Sam Woolf | We Got This Covered | 2015 |
| 6 | Lara Zaum | village voice | 2015 |