| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Dustin Chang | Twitch Film | 2014 |
| 3 | Sky Hirschkron | skandies | 2014 |
| 3 | Dennis Lim | Lincoln Center | 2014 |
| 9 | Guido Pellegrini | Sound on Sight | 2014 |
| 6 | James Quandt | Artforum | 2014 |
| 10 | Sight and Sound Poll | 2014 | |
| 9 | Sean Axmaker | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 4 | Jeff Berg | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 9 | Chuck Bowen | Slant | 2015 |
| 6 | Cashiers du cinema | 2015 | |
| 6 | Sherilyn Connelly | village vocie | 2015 |
| 1 | Jordan Cronk | village voice | 2015 |
| 8 | Aaron Cutler | Slant Magazine | 2015 |
| 2 | Steve Erickson | 2015 | |
| 8 | Chloe Galibert-Laine | Fandor | 2015 |
| 2 | Wes Greene | Slant | 2015 |
| 6 | Jaime Grijalba | Fandor | 2015 |
| 8 | Nik Grozdanovic | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 4 | Skander H. | Skandies | 2015 |
| 8 | Glenn Heath Jr. | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 9 | Richard T Jameson | Fandor | 2015 |
| 8 | Keyframe Critics (Fandor.com) | 2015 | |
| 2 | Robert Koehler | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 4 | Jay Kuehner | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 2 | James Lattimer | Slant | 2015 |
| 5 | Michael Leary | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 3 | Diego Lerer | village voice | 2015 |
| 9 | John Lichman | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 10 | Carson Lund | Slant | 2015 |
| 7 | Calum Marsh | The Village Voice | 2015 |
| 8 | Demetrious Matheou | indieWire | 2015 |
| 5 | Patrick McGavin | village voice | 2015 |
| 4 | Daniel Mecca | The Film Stage | 2015 |
| Kathleen Murphy | Parallax View | 2015 | |
| 4 | Adam Nayman | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 1 | Michael Nordine | village voice | 2015 |
| 9 | Michael Oleszczyk | RogerEbert.com | 2015 |
| 10 | John Oursler | village voice | 2015 |
| 8 | Marcus Pinn | cutprintfilm.com | 2015 |
| 5 | Mark Pittillo | skandies | 2015 |
| 2 | Jordan Raup | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 4 | Vadim Rizov | village voice | 2015 |
| Aidil Rusli | The Malaymail Online | 2015 | |
| 7 | Michael Sicinski | village voice | 2015 |
| 1 | Alice Stoehr | village voice | 2015 |
| 2 | Carman Tse | LAist | 2015 |
| Ryan Werner | indiewire | 2015 |