| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Robert Abele | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 3 | Simon Abrams | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 7 | African American Film Critics | 2015 | |
| 5 | Soren Anderson | The seattle Times | 2015 |
| 5 | Raffi Asdourian | Film Stage | 2015 |
| 10 | Balder & Dash Staff | 2015 | |
| 10 | Marjorie Baumgarten | Austic Chronicle | 2015 |
| 5 | John Beifuss | The Commercial Appeal | 2015 |
| 10 | Geoff Berkshire | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 1 | Chuck Bowen | Slant | 2015 |
| 1 | Richard Brody | New Yorker | 2015 |
| 7 | Kurt Brokaw | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 4 | Sean Burns | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 6 | Jesse Cataldo | Slant | 2015 |
| David Coursen | Parallax View | 2015 | |
| 5 | Jake Coyle | Associated Press | 2015 |
| 10 | David Edelstein | Vulture | 2015 |
| 9 | Steve Erickson | 2015 | |
| 8 | The Film Stage | 2015 | |
| 1 | John Fink | The Film Stage | 2015 |
| 9 | Blake Goble | Consequence of Sound | 2015 |
| 4 | Hashim Hathaway | Fansided | 2015 |
| 9 | Odie Henderson | Village Voice | 2015 |
| 6 | Ann Hornaday | Washington Post | 2015 |
| 6 | Mark Hughes | Forbes | 2015 |
| Josh Larsen | village voice | 2015 | |
| 9 | Kevin Lee | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| Craig Lindsey | village voice | 2015 | |
| 8 | Mark Lukenbill | village Voice | 2015 |
| 1 | Nell Minow | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 1 | The Movie Mom | 2015 | |
| 8 | Sean Mylvihill | village voice | 2015 |
| 10 | New York Magazine | 2015 | |
| 1 | Amy Nicholson | LA Weekly | 2015 |
| Mark Olsen | LA Times | 2015 | |
| 1 | Paste Magazine Staff | 2015 | |
| 4 | Jordan Raup | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| Jim Ridley | Skandies | 2015 | |
| 7 | Lisa Rosman | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 4 | Marc Savlov | Austin Chronicle | 2015 |
| 4 | Matt Zoller Seitz | rogerebert.com | 2015 |
| 10 | Slant Magazine Staff | 2015 | |
| 3 | Nigel Smith | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 10 | Eric Snider | ericdsnider.com | 2015 |
| 1 | Scout Tafoya | RogerEbert.com | 2015 |
| 10 | Brian Tallerico | RogerEbert.com | 2015 |
| 9 | Charles Taylor | indieWIRE poll | 2015 |
| Vanderwerff, Todd | 2015 | ||
| 1 | Matthew Wilder | village voice | 2015 |
| 5 | Alissa Wilkinson | Christianity Today | 2015 |
| 7 | Susan Cole | NOW Magazine | 2016 |
| 8 | Kurt Halfyard | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 2 | Christina Newland | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| Ula Sniegowska | indieWIRE | 2016 | |
| 4 | Lorna Tee | indiewire | 2016 |