| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Erik Anderson | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 8 | Ali Arikan | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 10 | RogerEbert.com | Balder & Dash Staff | 2016 |
| 5 | Stephanie Barber | Talkhouse | 2016 |
| 3 | Beatrice Behn | kino-zeit | 2016 |
| 5 | Sheila Benson | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 7 | J Don Birnam | LRM | 2016 |
| Peter Bradshaw | The Guardian | 2016 | |
| 1 | Brian Brooks | Film Society of Lincoln | 2016 |
| 7 | Dwight Brown | Huffington Post | 2016 |
| 5 | Godfrey Cheshire | ROgerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 3 | Mark Cira | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 1 | Donald Clark | Irish Times | 2016 |
| 7 | Clayton Davis | Awards Circuit | 2016 |
| Wheeler Winston Dixon | Senses of Cinema | 2016 | |
| 5 | Matt Fagerholm | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 2 | Jim Fouratt | Westview News | 2016 |
| 9 | Freja | Village Voice | 2016 |
| Sarah Gibson | High Snobiety | 2016 | |
| Ryan Gilbey | New Statesman | 2016 | |
| 3 | Odie Henderson | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 6 | Nicole Holofcener | Director | 2016 |
| Kate Hurwitz | Cinetic Media | 2016 | |
| 9 | MaryAnn Johanson | Salt Lake City Weekly | 2016 |
| 7 | Don Kaye | Den of Geek | 2016 |
| 8 | Max Kermode | The Guardian | 2016 |
| Simon Killen | Senses of Cinema | 2016 | |
| 7 | Chris Knipp | FilmLeaf | 2016 |
| 7 | Kevin Lally | Film Journal International | 2016 |
| 7 | Esther McCarthy | HelloEstherMccarthy.com | 2016 |
| 3 | Neil McGlone | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| Rebecca Miller | Director | 2016 | |
| 2 | Philip Molloy | The Picture Show | 2016 |
| Bob Mondello | NPR | 2016 | |
| 7 | Col Needham | IMDB | 2016 |
| 8 | Leigh Paatsch | Townsville Bulletin | 2016 |
| Marcelo Quesada | indieWIRE | 2016 | |
| 8 | Josh Rothkopf | Time Out New York | 2016 |
| 8 | Shane Scott-Travis | Taste of Cinema | 2016 |
| 6 | Sight & Sound | 2016 | |
| 1 | Cole Smithey | Forbes | 2016 |
| Stewart Thorndike | Talk House | 2016 | |
| 5 | Time Out | 2016 | |
| 2 | Kent Turner | Film-Forward.com | 2016 |
| 8 | Uncut Magazine | 2016 | |
| Stephen Whitty | New Jersey.com | 2016 | |
| Samuel Adelaar | Toronto Film Review | 2017 | |
| 7 | Sam Allard | Cleveland Scene | 2017 |
| Marko Balaban | Toronto Film Review | 2017 | |
| 6 | Jordan Flaherty | Huffington Post | 2017 |
| Kevin Gosztiola | Shadow Proof | 2017 | |
| 1 | Robert Hunt | River Front Times | 2017 |
| 3 | Sean Patrick Kelly | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| Nicholas Little | Toronto Film Review | 2017 | |
| MercatorNet | 2017 | ||
| 9 | Marko Orlic | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| Volkmar Richter | Vancouver Observer | 2017 | |
| 6 | Ethan Vestby | Toronto Film Reivew | 2017 |