| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence Almozini | Lincolm Film Center | 2017 | |
| 5 | Joshua Brunsting | Criterion Cast | 2017 |
| 2 | Ariel Esteban Cayer | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 8 | Walter Chaw | Film Freak Central | 2017 |
| 4 | Jamie Christley | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 2 | Adam Cook | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 5 | Denis Cote | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 7 | Jordan Cronk | Toronto Film Review/Film Comment | 2017 |
| 6 | Jordan Cronk | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 2 | Greg Cwik | Slant | 2017 |
| 3 | Desist Film | 2017 | |
| 3 | Patrick Devitt | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 9 | Joanna Di Mattia | Seventh Row | 2017 |
| 6 | Bryant Frazer | Skandies | 2017 |
| 9 | Zac Goldkind | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 3 | Mitch Greenberg | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 3 | Sky Hirschkron | Skandies | 2017 |
| 8 | Tony G Huang | Skandies | 2017 |
| 1 | Kristen Yoonsoo Kim | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 2 | Diego Lerer | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 6 | Dennis Lim | Lincoln Film Society/Film Comment | 2017 |
| 1 | Phillip Lopate | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 3 | Sam Mac | Slant | 2017 |
| 9 | Willow Maclay | The Film Stage | 2017 |
| 4 | Nick Newman | Film Stage | 2017 |
| Matias Pineiro | Film Comment | 2017 | |
| 6 | Mark Pittillo | Skandies | 2017 |
| 2 | Thomas Prieto | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| Nicolas Rapold | Film Comment | 2017 | |
| Vadim Rizov | Toronto Film Review | 2017 | |
| 1 | Michael Sicinski | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 7 | Michael Glover Smith | White City Cinema | 2017 |
| 6 | Alice Stoehr | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 4 | Dan Sullivan | Lincoln Film Center | 2017 |
| 1 | Ryan Swen | Film Stage | 2017 |
| 8 | Rob Trench | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |