| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Jason Anderson | Village Voice | 2015 |
| 3 | Ali Arkin | Village Voice Poll | 2015 |
| 10 | Michael Atkinson | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 4 | Baltimore City Paper | 2015 | |
| 1 | Nicholas Bell | IonCinema | 2015 |
| Peter Bradshaw | The Guardian | 2015 | |
| 7 | Chris Cabin | Slant | 2015 |
| 8 | Dan Caffrey | Consequence of Sound | 2015 |
| 5 | Jordan Canahai | ArtVoice | 2015 |
| 4 | Forrest Cardamenis | Film Stage | 2015 |
| 2 | Jesse Cataldo | Slant | 2015 |
| 2 | Laura Clifford | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 6 | Jake Cole | Slant | 2015 |
| 1 | Travis Crawford | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 4 | Jordan Cronk | village voice | 2015 |
| 1 | Aaron Cutler | Slant Magazine | 2015 |
| 4 | Clayton Dillard | Slant | 2015 |
| 7 | The Film Stage | 2015 | |
| 6 | Lance Goldenberg | village voice | 2015 |
| 5 | Leo Goldsmith | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 1 | Christopher Gray | Slant | 2015 |
| 10 | Tim Grierson | 2015 | |
| 1 | Larry Gross | village voice | 2015 |
| 5 | Nik Grozdanovic | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 3 | Glenn Heath Jr. | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 2 | Jeremy Heilman | Skandies | 2015 |
| 10 | Aaron Hillis | Village Voice | 2015 |
| 4 | J. Hoberman | Artforum | 2015 |
| 4 | Oleg Ivanov | Slant | 2015 |
| 1 | Glenn Kenny | RogerEbert.com | 2015 |
| 10 | Keyframe Critics (Fandor.com) | 2015 | |
| Danny King | village voice | 2015 | |
| 2 | Peter Labuza | village voice | 2015 |
| 1 | Michael Leary | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 5 | Kevin Lee | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 2 | Diego Lerer | village voice | 2015 |
| 3 | Phillip Lopate | village voice | 2015 |
| 5 | Carson Lund | Slant | 2015 |
| 2 | Adrian Mack | Georgia Straight | 2015 |
| 3 | Calum Marsh | The Village Voice | 2015 |
| 2 | Nick Newman | The Film Stage | 2015 |
| 10 | Michael Pattison | Fandor | 2015 |
| 6 | Mark Pittillo | skandies | 2015 |
| 9 | Ray Pride | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 1 | CJ Prince | village voice | 2015 |
| 6 | Reverse Shot | 2015 | |
| Jim Ridley | Skandies | 2015 | |
| 10 | Mike Rubin | village voice | 2015 |
| 1 | Shade Rupe | Fandor | 2015 |
| 6 | Ben Sachs | Chicago Reader | 2015 |
| 6 | Nick Schager | village voice | 2015 |
| 10 | Shane Scott-Travis | Taste of Cinema | 2015 |
| 1 | Dan Schindel | The Film Stage | 2015 |
| 2 | Michael Sicinski | village voice | 2015 |
| 4 | Craig Skinner | FilmDivider.com | 2015 |
| 6 | Slant Magazine Staff | 2015 | |
| 3 | Ignatiy Vishnevetsky | AV Club | 2015 |