| 8 | Dustin Chang | Twitch Film | 2014 |
| 9 | Gregory Ellwood | HitFix | 2014 |
| 3 | Brian Formo | Crave Online | 2014 |
| 8 | Kenneth R. Morefield | 1 More Film Blog | 2014 |
| Oliver Skinner | Sound On Sight | 2014 |
| Katie Turner | Sound On Sight | 2014 |
| 8 | Erica Abeel | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 8 | Simon Abrams | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 4 | Sam Adams | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 2 | Melissa Anderson | Miami New Times | 2015 |
| 5 | Ali Arkin | Village Voice Poll | 2015 |
| 1 | Sean Axmaker | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 2 | Lindsey Bahr | Associarted Press | 2015 |
| 6 | Nicholas Bell | IonCinema | 2015 |
| 6 | Boston Film Critics Online | | 2015 |
| 8 | Clint Bowie | Indiewire | 2015 |
| 4 | Matt Brennan | indieWire | 2015 |
| 2 | Matt Brunson | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 6 | Sean Burns | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 8 | Matthew Butcher, Skandies | | 2015 |
| Celebuzz Staff | | 2015 |
| 9 | Casey Cipriani | Bustle | 2015 |
| 1 | Laura Clifford | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 4 | Sherilyn Connelly | village vocie | 2015 |
| 10 | David Crow | Den of Greek | 2015 |
| 9 | Andrew Crump | indieWIRE poll | 2015 |
| 2 | Freja Dam | village voice | 2015 |
| 5 | Dennis Dermody | Paper Magazine | 2015 |
| Jeff Deutchman | IndieWire | 2015 |
| 8 | Alonso Duraldo | The Wrap | 2015 |
| 4 | Film Comment Poll | | 2015 |
| 9 | The Film Stage | | 2015 |
| 7 | Brian Formo | Collider | 2015 |
| Bryant Frazer | Skandies | 2015 |
| 1 | Jon Frosch | village voice | 2015 |
| 10 | Alex Fung | Skandies | 2015 |
| 5 | Abby Garnett | village voice | 2015 |
| 9 | Noah Gittell | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 9 | Owen Gleiberman | BBC | 2015 |
| 4 | Larry Gross | village voice | 2015 |
| 2 | Rafer Guzman | Newsday | 2015 |
| 10 | Pete Vonder Haar | village voice | 2015 |
| 2 | Ken Hanke | Mountain Xpress | 2015 |
| 6 | Eugene Hassannia | village voice | 2015 |
| 7 | Eugene Hernandez | village voice | 2015 |
| 9 | Chris Hewitt | St. Paul Pioneer Press | 2015 |
| 7 | Robert Horton | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 6 | Eric Hynes | village voice | 2015 |
| 2 | Richard T Jameson | Fandor | 2015 |
| 6 | Kimberly Jones | Austic Chronicle | 2015 |
| Tara Juda | Fandor | 2015 |
| 6 | Anita Katz | San Francisco Examiner | 2015 |
| Danny King | village voice | 2015 |
| 8 | Peter Knegt | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 7 | Robert Koehler | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 9 | Michael Koresky | village voice | 2015 |
| 7 | Tomris Laffly | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 2 | Richard Lawson | Vanity Fair | 2015 |
| 7 | Kristian Lin | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| Craig Lindsey | village voice | 2015 |
| 2 | Mark Lukenbill | village Voice | 2015 |
| 2 | Patrick McGavin | village voice | 2015 |
| 5 | Daniel Mecca | The Film Stage | 2015 |
| Blandine Mercier-McGovern | IndieWire | 2015 |
| Kristi Mitsuda | village voice | 2015 |
| David Morgan | CBS News | 2015 |
| 8 | Charles Mundede | The Stranger | 2015 |
| Kathleen Murphy | Parallax View | 2015 |
| 3 | Kimber Myers | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 9 | Nick Newman | The Film Stage | 2015 |
| 1 | Nictate (Skandies) | | 2015 |
| 2 | Michael Nordine | village voice | 2015 |
| Chris O'Falt | indieWIRE | 2015 |
| 2 | Sheila O'Malley | RogerEbert.com | 2015 |
| 6 | Charles Odell | Skandies | 2015 |
| 9 | Connie Ogle | Miami Herald | 2015 |
| 1 | Marcus Pinn | cutprintfilm.com | 2015 |
| 10 | Jordan Raup | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| Stephen Rea | | 2015 |
| 4 | Jeff Reichert | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 7 | Bruce Reid | Parallax View | 2015 |
| 9 | Scott Renshaw | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 4 | Reverse Shot | | 2015 |
| 4 | Rania Richardson | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 9 | Brian Roan | The Film Stage | 2015 |
| 3 | Lisa Rosman | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 1 | Jason Shawhan | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 10 | Christopher Schobert | The Playlist | 2015 |
| Seattle Film Critics | | 2015 |
| 10 | Michael Sicinski | village voice | 2015 |
| 8 | Justine Smith | Fandor | 2015 |
| 5 | Elizabeth Stoddard | village voice | 2015 |
| 2 | Cedric Succivalli | International Cinephile Society | 2015 |
| 1 | Ella Taylor | Variety | 2015 |
| 9 | Rob Thomas | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 10 | Anne Thompson | indieWire | 2015 |
| 3 | Michael Tully | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 1 | Kent Turner | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 9 | Kyle Turner | village voice | 2015 |
| 10 | Ben Umstead | Twitch Film | 2015 |
| Vanderwerff, Todd | | 2015 |
| 7 | Amanda Waltz | Film Stage | 2015 |
| 7 | Daniel Waters | Skandies | 2015 |
| The Week Staff | | 2015 |
| Erin Whitney | ScrenCrush | 2015 |
| 7 | Zachary Wigon | village voice | 2015 |
| 10 | Matthew Wilder | village voice | 2015 |
| 8 | Thomas Willett | Optigrab | 2015 |
| 2 | Chris Wisniewski | indiewire poll | 2015 |
| 10 | Susan Wloszczyna | indieWire | 2015 |
| 10 | Ryan Wu | Skandies | 2015 |
| 4 | Stephanie Zacharek | Time Magazine | 2015 |