| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Erica Abeel | Huffington Post | 2010 |
| 9 | Saul Austerlitz | indieWIRE poll | 2010 |
| 4 | Jim Brunzell III | Twin Cities Daily Planet | 2010 |
| 7 | Anne Brodie | Monsters and Critics | 2010 |
| 10 | The Baltimore Sun | 2010 | |
| 4 | Wallace Baine | Santa Cruz Sentinel | 2010 |
| Harper Barnes | St. Louis Beacon | 2010 | |
| 2 | Richard Corliss | Time Magazine | 2010 |
| 3 | Godfrey CheshireindieWIRE | 2010 | |
| 9 | Keith Cohen | Sun Publications | 2010 |
| 10 | David Denby | New Yorker | 2010 |
| Manohla Dargis | New York Times | 2010 | |
| 4 | Gary Dretzka | Movie City News | 2010 |
| 11 | David Edelstein | New York Magazine | 2010 |
| 4 | Charles Ealy | Austin 360 | 2010 |
| 7 | Film Comment | 2010 | |
| 9 | Michael Gitz | The Huffington Post | 2010 |
| 9 | Michael Glitz | Huffington Post | 2010 |
| 7 | Kevin Gosztola | OpEdNews.com | 2010 |
| 7 | Jim Gordon | CTV BC TV | 2010 |
| Rick Groen | Globe and Mail | 2010 | |
| 10 | Matt Goldberg | Collider.com | 2010 |
| 6 | Andrew Gronvall | Chicago Reader | 2010 |
| 2 | Stephen Holden | New York Times | 2010 |
| 9 | Matthew Hayes | Montreal Mirror | 2010 |
| 2 | Peter Howell | Toronto Star | 2010 |
| 2 | Esther Iverem | Huffington Post | 2010 |
| 5 | Mark Jenkins | NPR | 2010 |
| 4 | Christopher Kelly | Fort Worth Star Telegram | 2010 |
| 7 | Randall King | Winnipeg Free Press | 2010 |
| 3 | John Lopez | Vanity Fair | 2010 |
| 8 | Langfield | 2010 | |
| 6 | Todd McCarthy | Variety | 2010 |
| 10 | Wesley Morris | Boston Globe | 2010 |
| 6 | Katherine Monk | Vancouver Sun | 2010 |
| 5 | Brian Miller | Seattle Weekly | 2010 |
| 7 | Tim Miller | Cape Code Times | 2010 |
| Michelle Orange | Movieline | 2010 | |
| 7 | Matthew Odam | Austin 360 | 2010 |
| 6 | Richard Porton | Cineaste | 2010 |
| 10 | Steve Persall | St. Petersburg Times | 2010 |
| 5 | David Poland | MCN | 2010 |
| 3 | Peter Rainer | Christian Science Monitor | 2010 |
| 7 | Michael D. Reid | Times Colonist | 2010 |
| Carrie Rickey | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2010 | |
| 1 | AO Scott | New York Times | 2010 |
| 8 | Radheyan Simonpillai | 2010 | |
| 6 | Andrew Schenker | Slant Magazine | 2010 |
| 6 | Johanna Schneller | Globe and Mail | 2010 |
| 8 | Steve Salles | Standard Examiner | 2010 |
| 10 | Michael Sragow | Baltimore Sun | 2010 |
| Bill Stamets | Chicago Freelance | 2010 | |
| 5 | Anne Thompson | Thompson on Hollywood | 2010 |
| 3 | Kenneth Turan | Los Angeles Times | 2010 |
| 6 | Amy Taubin | Film Comment | 2010 |
| 5 | Susan Tavernetti | Palo Alto Times | 2010 |
| 5 | Pete Timmerman | Play Back ST Louis | 2010 |
| 4 | Phillip Brasor | PhillipBrasor.com | 2011 |
| Richard Combs | Film Comment | 2011 | |
| 5 | My Life Is Brilliant.com | 2011 | |
| 10 | Jez Sands | On the Box | 2011 |