| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Sam Adams | Village Voice Poll | 2017 |
| 5 | Sean Axmaker | Parallax View | 2017 |
| 9 | Nicholas Bell | IONCinema | 2017 |
| 6 | Boca Magazine | 2017 | |
| 10 | Chuck Bowen | Slant | 2017 |
| 3 | Danny Bowes | RogerEbert.com | 2017 |
| 8 | Sean Burns | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 4 | Peter Canavese | Palo Alto Weekly | 2017 |
| 3 | Nick Chen | Dazed Digitial | 2017 |
| 8 | Daryl Chin | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 1 | Ashley Clark | Film Comment | 2017 |
| 10 | Jake Cole | Slant | 2017 |
| 9 | Julie Crawford | North Shore News | 2017 |
| 10 | Joanna Di Mattia | Seventh Row | 2017 |
| 2 | Clayton Dillard | Slant | 2017 |
| 9 | David Edelstein | Vulture | 2017 |
| 1 | David Ehrenstein | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| Jim Emerson | Parallax View | 2017 | |
| 5 | Stephen Farber | Hollywood Reporter | 2017 |
| 5 | David Fear | Rolling Stone | 2017 |
| 3 | Jordan Flaherty | Huffington Post | 2017 |
| Federica Foglia | Toronto Film Review | 2017 | |
| 3 | Jon Frosch | Hollywood Reporter | 2017 |
| 8 | Christopher Gray | Slant | 2017 |
| 5 | Eric Henderson | Slant | 2017 |
| 9 | Odie Henderson | RogerEbert.com | 2017 |
| 1 | Ren Jender | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 9 | Kimberly Jones | Austin Chronicle | 2017 |
| 2 | Dan Kois | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| Michael Koresky | Lincoln Film Center/Film Comment | 2017 | |
| 4 | Genevieve Koski | Comic Sans | 2017 |
| 1 | Richard Lawson | Vanity Fair | 2017 |
| 2 | Manuela Lazic | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 4 | Chandler Levack | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 4 | Adam Lubitow | Rochester City Newspaper | 2017 |
| Violet Lucca | Toronto Film Review | 2017 | |
| Dan Lupovitz | Big Bad Wolf Productions | 2017 | |
| 2 | Peter Merriman | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| Bob Mondello | NPR | 2017 | |
| David Morgan | CBS News | 2017 | |
| 9 | Angelo Muredda | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| Newsweek | 2017 | ||
| 8 | Marko Orlic | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 8 | Andrew Parker | The Gate | 2017 |
| John Powers | Vogue Magazine | 2017 | |
| 4 | Ray Pride | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| CJ Prince | Toronto Film Review | 2017 | |
| 6 | Jeff Reichert | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 5 | Reverse Shot | 2017 | |
| 6 | Katey Rich | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| Tasha Robinson | The Verge | 2017 | |
| 6 | Rajendra Roy | MOMA | 2017 |
| 3 | Diego Semerene | Slant | 2017 |
| 9 | Matt Shiverdecker | Austin American Statesman | 2017 |
| 1 | Oriane Sidre | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 8 | Slant Magazine | 2017 | |
| 10 | Derek Smith | Slant | 2017 |
| 2 | Jose Solis | the Film Stage | 2017 |
| Spectrum Culture | 2017 | ||
| 10 | Marlow Stern | The Daily Beast | 2017 |
| Dana Stevens | Slate | 2017 | |
| 2 | Zhuo-Ning Su | Film Stage | 2017 |
| 9 | Ryan Swen | Film Stage | 2017 |
| 8 | Kris Tapley | Variety | 2017 |
| 1 | Teleberama | 2017 | |
| 3 | Honorata Trojanowska | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 3 | Kyle Turner | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| Ted Vasquez | Lincoln Film Center | 2017 | |
| 9 | Lara Zarum | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 7 | Esther Zuckerman | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |