| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marko Balaban | Toronto Film Review | 2017 | |
| Beth Barrett | Seattle International Film Festival | 2017 | |
| 6 | Rich Cline | Contact Music | 2017 |
| 9 | Sean Collier | Pittsburgh Magazine | 2017 |
| 5 | Colin Covert | Minneapolis Star Tribune | 2017 |
| 7 | Julie Crawford | North Shore News | 2017 |
| James Croot | i.stuff.co.nz | 2017 | |
| Selim Eyuboglu | Ahvul | 2017 | |
| 8 | David Fear | Rolling Stone | 2017 |
| 8 | Veronika Ferdman | Skandies | 2017 |
| 3 | Graham Fuller | The Culture Trip | 2017 |
| 2 | Rachel Gordon | Live In Limbo | 2017 |
| 10 | The Guardian | 2017 | |
| 4 | Angie Han | Mashable.com | 2017 |
| 6 | Leora Heilbronn | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 9 | Dan Hudak | Fort Myers Florida Weekly | 2017 |
| 3 | Robert Hunt | River Front Times | 2017 |
| Irish Times | 2017 | ||
| Chuck Koplinski | The News Gazette | 2017 | |
| 9 | Kristian Lin | Fort Worth Weekly | 2017 |
| Moira Macdonald | Seattle Times | 2017 | |
| 9 | Kirk Micheal | Sonoma News | 2017 |
| 6 | Jared Mobarak | The Film Stage | 2017 |
| 8 | Katie Rife | AV Club | 2017 |
| 8 | Jonathan Romney | Film Comment | 2017 |
| 1 | Nick Schager | Esquire | 2017 |
| 10 | David Sims | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 10 | Michael Bonner | UNCUT Magazine | 2017 |
| Brian Viner | Luxora Leader | 2017 | |
| 9 | Kathleen Walsh | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 8 | John Waters | The Film Stage | 2017 |
| 8 | Madeline Whittle | Lincoln Film Center | 2017 |
| April Wolfe | Village Voice | 2017 |