| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Robert Abele | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 6 | Miriam Bale | village voice poll | 2015 |
| Abbey Bender | village voice poll | 2015 | |
| 9 | Clint Bowie | Indiewire | 2015 |
| 5 | Joshua Brunsting | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 10 | Daryl Chin | Documents on Art & Cinema | 2015 |
| 9 | Sherilyn Connelly | village vocie | 2015 |
| 10 | Nina Corcoran | Consequence of Sound | 2015 |
| 9 | Clayton Dillard | Slant | 2015 |
| 6 | Bilge Ebiri | Indie Wire | 2015 |
| 5 | David Edelstein | Vulture | 2015 |
| 10 | Ken Eisner | The Georgia Straight | 2015 |
| 9 | Eric (Village Voice) | 2015 | |
| 1 | Cynthia Fuchs | PopMatters | 2015 |
| 5 | Kenji Fujishima | Slant | 2015 |
| 1 | Ed Gonzalez | Slant | 2015 |
| 8 | Christopher Gray | Slant | 2015 |
| 9 | Larry Gross | village voice | 2015 |
| 1 | Eric Henderson | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 7 | Drew Hunt | Chicago Reader | 2015 |
| 6 | Jake Jacobson | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 2 | Rachel Jacobson | Skandies | 2015 |
| 3 | Laurence Kardish | indie Wire | 2015 |
| 6 | Glenn Kenny | RogerEbert.com | 2015 |
| 9 | Eric Kohn | indieWire | 2015 |
| 3 | Gary Kramer | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 8 | Carson Lund | Slant | 2015 |
| 9 | Willow Maclay | village voice | 2015 |
| 7 | Don Marks | Skandies | 2015 |
| 5 | New York Magazine | 2015 | |
| 7 | John Oursler | village voice | 2015 |
| 9 | Michael Phillips | Chicago Tribune | 2015 |
| 7 | Mark Pittillo | skandies | 2015 |
| 10 | Nick Prigge | Slant | 2015 |
| 4 | Lisa Rosman | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 8 | Jordan Ruimy | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 4 | AO Scott | New York Times | 2015 |
| 7 | Slant Magazine Staff | 2015 | |
| 9 | Cedric Succivalli | International Cinephile Society | 2015 |
| 8 | Ella Taylor | Variety | 2015 |
| 10 | Chris Wisniewski | indiewire poll | 2015 |
| 6 | Kent Wolgamott | Journal Star | 2015 |
| 2 | Jacob Brinkworth | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |