| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Vincent Abbatecola | Rockland Times | 2014 |
| 6 | Simon Abrams | RogerEbert.com | 2014 |
| 10 | Edwin Arnaudin | Asheville Citizen-Times | 2014 |
| 5 | Colin Biggs | Sound On Sight | 2014 |
| 4 | Josh Board | Fox 5 San Diego | 2014 |
| 8 | Boston Online Film Critics | 2014 | |
| 14 | Chris Bumbray | JoBlo | 2014 |
| 10 | Sean Burns | Movie Mezzanine | 2014 |
| 12 | Brian Byrd | Pajiba | 2014 |
| 2 | Seongyong Cho | RogerEbert.com | 2014 |
| 2 | Marc Ciafardini | Go, See, Talk@ | 2014 |
| 6 | Corey Craft | The Tuscaloosa News | 2014 |
| 1 | Andrew Crump | indiewire poll | 2014 |
| 1 | Cindy Davis | Pajiba | 2014 |
| 1 | Peter Debruge | Variety | 2014 |
| 4 | Marc Dujsik | Mark Reviews Movies | 2014 |
| 4 | Jim Emerson | Parallax View | 2014 |
| 10 | Bob Fischbach | Omaha World-Herald | 2014 |
| 6 | J.R. Forasteros | Norville Rogers | 2014 |
| 1 | Tyler Foster | OFCS | 2014 |
| 5 | Seth Freilich | Pajiba | 2014 |
| 8 | Go Erie | 2014 | |
| 7 | Grace Gordon | NewsOK | 2014 |
| 9 | George Hatza | Reading Eagle | 2014 |
| 6 | Laura Holtenbrinck | Sound on Sight | 2014 |
| 1 | Rob Hunter | Film School Rejects | 2014 |
| 3 | Jason Jean | National Movie Examiner | 2014 |
| 2 | J.R. Jones | Chicago Reader | 2014 |
| 3 | Vivian Kane | Pajiba | 2014 |
| 7 | Tara Karajica | The Film Prospector | 2014 |
| 7 | Anita Katz | The San Francisco Chronicle | 2014 |
| 8 | Adam Kempenaar | Filmspotting | 2014 |
| 4 | Lisa Kennedy | Denver Post | 2014 |
| 3 | Jonathan Kiefer | SF Weekly | 2014 |
| 8 | Chris Knipp | Cinescene | 2014 |
| 5 | Chuck Koplinski | The News Gazette | 2014 |
| 5 | Mick LaSalle | San Francisco Chronicle | 2014 |
| John Lekich | Georgia Straight | 2014 | |
| 3 | Kristian Lin | Fort Worth Weekly | 2014 |
| Justin Lowe | Thompson on Hollywood | 2014 | |
| 6 | Peter Martin | Twitch Film | 2014 |
| 2 | Tim Miller | Grand Lake News | 2014 |
| 2 | Jared Mobarak | The Film Stage | 2014 |
| 4 | Marc Mohan | Oregon Live | 2014 |
| 8 | Roger Moore | Movie Nation | 2014 |
| 3 | Mike Noyes | Inside Pulse | 2014 |
| 7 | Joe O'Shanksky | Tulsa Voice | 2014 |
| 6 | Scott Patterson | Sound on Sight | 2014 |
| David Poland | Movie City News | 2014 | |
| 8 | Ray Pride | Movie City News | 2014 |
| 3 | Steven Rea | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2014 |
| 6 | Kate Rodger | 3 News | 2014 |
| 8 | Jonathan Romney | Film Comment | 2014 |
| 4 | Lane Scarberry | Sound on Sight | 2014 |
| 2 | Betsy Sharkey | Los Angeles Times | 2014 |
| 3 | Kyle Smith | New York Post | 2014 |
| 2 | David Sterritt | Tikkun | 2014 |
| 10 | Shawn Stone | WAMC | 2014 |
| 16 | R. Emmet Sweeney | Movie Morlocks | 2014 |
| 8 | Brian Tallerico | RogerEbert.com | 2014 |
| 8 | Taste of Cinema | 2014 | |
| 3 | Gary Thompson | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2014 |
| 3 | Time Out London | 2014 | |
| Kelly Vance | East Bay Express | 2014 | |
| 10 | James Ward | Visalia Times-Delta | 2014 |
| 10 | James Ward | The Californian | 2014 |
| 1 | Joel Wicklund | Chicagoist | 2014 |
| 5 | Alissa Wilkinson | Christianity Today | 2014 |
| 8 | Alan Zilberman | RogerEbert.com | 2014 |