| 2 | Kaleem Aftab | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 8 | Michael Atkinson | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 5 | Miriam Bale | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 8 | Nathan Bartlebaugh | Film Stage | 2015 |
| Catherine Bray | Variety | 2015 |
| 10 | Richard Brody | New Yorker | 2015 |
| 8 | Kurt Brokaw | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 8 | Joshua Brunsting | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 1 | Chris Cabin | Slant | 2015 |
| 8 | Cashiers du cinema | | 2015 |
| 1 | Dustin Change | | 2015 |
| 10 | Jake Cole | Slant | 2015 |
| 4 | Adam Cook | MUBI | 2015 |
| 5 | Jordan Cronk | village voice | 2015 |
| 1 | Nick Davis | Fandor | 2015 |
| 5 | Film Comment Poll | | 2015 |
| 3 | Brian Formo | Collider | 2015 |
| 5 | Chloe Galibert-Laine | Fandor | 2015 |
| 2 | Leo Goldsmith | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 1 | Jaime Grijalba | Fandor | 2015 |
| 3 | Larry Gross | village voice | 2015 |
| 10 | Nik Grozdanovic | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 5 | Eugene Hassannia | village voice | 2015 |
| 3 | Drew Hunt | Chicago Reader | 2015 |
| 4 | Eric Hynes | village voice | 2015 |
| 3 | La Internacional Cinefila | | 2015 |
| 5 | Keyframe Critics (Fandor.com) | | 2015 |
| Ehsan Khoshbakht | Fandor | 2015 |
| 1 | Robert Koehler | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 8 | Jay Kuehner | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 4 | Guy Lodge | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 6 | Steve Macfarlane | Slant | 2015 |
| 6 | Calum Marsh | The Village Voice | 2015 |
| 8 | Patrick McGavin | village voice | 2015 |
| 5 | Ben Nicholson | CineVue | 2015 |
| 2 | Andrew Picard | indieWIRE poll | 2015 |
| 10 | CJ Prince | village voice | 2015 |
| 5 | Jeff Reichert | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 7 | Reverse Shot | | 2015 |
| 5 | Jason Shawhan | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 4 | Sound and Fury | | 2015 |
| 6 | Cedric Succivalli | International Cinephile Society | 2015 |
| 3 | R.Emmet Sweeney | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 4 | Ethan Vestby | The Film Stage | 2015 |
| 5 | Blake Williams | IONCINEMA.com | 2015 |
| 3 | Sean Gilman | Seattle Screen Scene | 2016 |
| 2 | Jaime Grijalba | Chilean Correspondent | 2016 |
| 8 | Little White Lies | | 2016 |