| 3 | Simon Abrams | Slant Magazine | 2011 |
| 1 | Sean Axmaker | msn | 2011 |
| 9 | Thom Andersen | Film Comment | 2011 |
| 3 | Melissa Anderson | Village Voice | 2011 |
| 3 | David Ansen | Newsweek | 2011 |
| 4 | Michael Atkinson | IFC | 2011 |
| 9 | Saul Austerlitz indiewire poll | | 2011 |
| 1 | Robert Abele | LA Times | 2011 |
| 4 | Alejandro Adams | Fandor | 2011 |
| 9 | Jeffrey M. Anderson | San Francisco Examiner | 2011 |
| 6 | Liz Braun | QMI Agency | 2011 |
| 2 | Jamie Christley | Slant Magazine | 2011 |
| 6 | Jesse Cataldo | Slant Magazine | 2011 |
| 9 | Aaron Cutler | indiewire poll | 2011 |
| 3 | Daryl Chin | Freelance | 2011 |
| 1 | Cashiers du Cinema Espana | | 2011 |
| 6 | Chris Cabin | Filmcritic.com | 2011 |
| 9 | Joumane Chahine | Film Comment | 2011 |
| Richard Combs | Film Comment | 2011 |
| A.A. Dowd | Time Out Chicago | 2011 |
| Mahola Dargis | New York Times | 2011 |
| David Edelstein | New York Magazine | 2011 |
| 2 | David Ehrenstein | Quaterly Review of Film and Video | 2011 |
| 6 | Film Comment | | 2011 |
| 1 | Graham Fuller | ArtInfo | 2011 |
| 1 | Scott Foundas | Film Comment | 2011 |
| 8 | Clementine Gallot | Cashiers du Cinema | 2011 |
| 6 | Leo Goldsmith | Not Coming to a Theater Near You | 2011 |
| 6 | Ray Greene | Box Office Magazine | 2011 |
| 7 | Steven Greydanus | National Catholic Register | 2011 |
| 1 | Glenn Heath Jr. | Slant Magazine | 2011 |
| 3 | Eugene Hernandez | Film Society of Lincoln Center | 2011 |
| 4 | Mark Jenkins | NPR | 2011 |
| 2 | Kristin Jones | Film Comment | 2011 |
| 8 | Glenn Kenny | MSN | 2011 |
| 3 | Danny Kasman | MUBI | 2011 |
| 2 | Peter Keough | Boston Phoenix | 2011 |
| 3 | Ryland Walker Knight | indiewire | 2011 |
| 2 | Robert Koehler | indieWIRE | 2011 |
| 5 | Michael Koresky | Reverse Shot | 2011 |
| 7 | IndieWire Poll | | 2011 |
| 2 | Keaton Kail | indieWIRE | 2011 |
| 2 | Dennis Lim | Moving Image Source | 2011 |
| 3 | Diego Lerer | Clarin | 2011 |
| 4 | Phillip Lopate | Film Comment | 2011 |
| 7 | Matthew Lucas | The Dispatch | 2011 |
| 4 | Nathan Lee | Film Comment | 2011 |
| 1 | Patrick McGavin Lightsensitive.typepad.com | | 2011 |
| 4 | Jose-Lis Moctezuma | Hydra Magazine | 2011 |
| 6 | Movie Review Query Engine | | 2011 |
| Adrian Martin | Movie City News | 2011 |
| 2 | Adam Nayman | Eye Weeklly | 2011 |
| Farran Smith Nehme | Self Styled Siren | 2011 |
| 3 | Rob Nelson | Variety | 2011 |
| 5 | Andrew O'Hehir | Salon | 2011 |
| 2 | Michal Oleszczyk | Fandor | 2011 |
| David Phelps | indiewire poll | 2011 |
| 1 | Richard Porton | Cineaste | 2011 |
| 3 | James Quandt | Artforum Magazine | 2011 |
| 7 | Jeff Reichert | Reverse Shot | 2011 |
| 4 | Jonathan Rosenbaum | | 2011 |
| 2 | Jim Ridley | Nashville Scene | 2011 |
| 6 | Reverse Shot | Consensus | 2011 |
| Tony Rayns | Film Comment | 2011 |
| 9 | A.O. Scott | New York Times | 2011 |
| 3 | Slant Magazine | | 2011 |
| 3 | Andrew Schenker | Slant Magazine | 2011 |
| 1 | Cedric Succivalli | ICS | 2011 |
| 1 | R. Emmet Sweeney | Movie Morlocks | 2011 |
| 7 | Ella Taylor | NPR | 2011 |
| 2 | Gina Telarili | Mubi | 2011 |
| 3 | Boyd van Hoeij | Variety | 2011 |
| 1 | Ignatiy Vishnevetsky | indiewire poll | 2011 |
| 5 | John Von Thaden | indieWIRE | 2011 |
| 7 | Bill Weber | Slant Magazine | 2011 |
| 5 | Chris Wisniewski | Reverse Shot | 2011 |
| 4 | Matthew Wilder | Nashville Scene | 2011 |
| 9 | Daniel Waters | Skandies | 2011 |
| 3 | Ryan Wu | Skandies | 2011 |