| 5 | David Hudson | Fandor Keyframe | 2014 |
| 10 | Dennis Lim | Lincoln Center | 2014 |
| 9 | Kenneth R. Morefield | 1 More Film Blog | 2014 |
| 1 | Erica Abeel | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 2 | Sam Adams | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 10 | Christina Alvarez Lopez | Fandor | 2015 |
| 4 | Jason Anderson | Village Voice | 2015 |
| 3 | Melissa Anderson | Miami New Times | 2015 |
| 7 | Ali Arkin | Village Voice Poll | 2015 |
| 2 | The AV Club | | 2015 |
| 3 | Sean Axmaker | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 4 | Nathan Bartlebaugh | Film Stage | 2015 |
| 8 | Nicholas Bell | IonCinema | 2015 |
| 2 | Joe Bendel | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| Abbey Bender | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 8 | Garielle Bondi | The Young Folks | 2015 |
| 2 | Serena Bramble | fandor | 2015 |
| 2 | Matt Brennan | indieWire | 2015 |
| 4 | Matthew Butcher, Skandies | | 2015 |
| 9 | Josh Cabrita | The Young Folks | 2015 |
| 3 | Jordan Canahai | ArtVoice | 2015 |
| 4 | Dustin Change | | 2015 |
| 3 | Justin Chang | Variety | 2015 |
| 2 | Seongyong Cho | RogerEbert.com | 2015 |
| 3 | Jake Coyle | Associated Press | 2015 |
| 9 | Jordan Cronk | village voice | 2015 |
| 6 | Greg Cwik | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 6 | The Daily Beast | | 2015 |
| 5 | Brian Darr | Fandor | 2015 |
| Jeff Deutchman | IndieWire | 2015 |
| 2 | Ernesto Diezmartinez | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 6 | Brian Doan | RogerEbert.com | 2015 |
| 6 | Edward Douglas | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 1 | A.A. Dowd | AV Club | 2015 |
| 9 | Diana Drumm | indieWire poll | 2015 |
| 3 | David Ehrlich | Film.com | 2015 |
| 7 | Veronika Ferdman | Skandies | 2015 |
| 8 | Film Comment Poll | | 2015 |
| 4 | The Film Stage | | 2015 |
| 1 | Sasha Geffen | Consequence of Sound | 2015 |
| Ryan Gilbey | New Statesman | 2015 |
| 8 | Leo Goldsmith | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 7 | Steve Greene | indieWIRE | 2015 |
| 7 | Tim Grierson | | 2015 |
| 9 | Patrick Heidmann | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 8 | Jeremy Heilman | Skandies | 2015 |
| 8 | J. Hoberman | Artforum | 2015 |
| 2 | Darren Hughes | Long Pauses | 2015 |
| 4 | Alexander Huls | New York Times | 2015 |
| 7 | Eric Hynes | village voice | 2015 |
| 5 | indieWire Film Poll | | 2015 |
| 3 | Oleg Ivanov | Slant | 2015 |
| 9 | Kimberly Jones | Austic Chronicle | 2015 |
| 1 | Ben Kenigsberg | AV Club | 2015 |
| 3 | Keyframe Critics (Fandor.com) | | 2015 |
| Danny King | village voice | 2015 |
| Ken Korman | Best Of New Orleans | 2015 |
| 9 | Jay Kuehner | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 9 | Josh Kupecki | Austic Chronicle | 2015 |
| 5 | Tomris Laffly | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 5 | Ryan Lattanzio | indieWIRE | 2015 |
| 1 | James Lattimer | Slant | 2015 |
| 8 | Michael Leary | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 1 | Michael Lerman | indie wire | 2015 |
| 2 | Phillip Lopate | village voice | 2015 |
| 4 | Carson Lund | Slant | 2015 |
| 7 | Oliver Lyttelton | The Playlist | 2015 |
| 3 | Yehudit Mam | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 9 | Patrick McGavin | village voice | 2015 |
| 9 | Daniel Mecca | The Film Stage | 2015 |
| 7 | Micah Mertes | Omaha World Herald | 2015 |
| 9 | Steve Mesa | Hialeah Movie Examiner | 2015 |
| David Morgan | CBS News | 2015 |
| 6 | Victor Morton | Skandies | 2015 |
| 5 | Pat Mullen | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| Kathleen Murphy | Parallax View | 2015 |
| 7 | Noel Murray | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 9 | Vikram Murthi | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 2 | Sean Mylvihill | village voice | 2015 |
| 1 | Adam Nayman | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 2 | Nictate (Skandies) | | 2015 |
| 7 | Scott Nye | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 2 | Max O'Connell | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| Andrew O'Hehir | Salon | 2015 |
| 6 | Sheila O'Malley | RogerEbert.com | 2015 |
| 7 | Charles Odell | Skandies | 2015 |
| 4 | Keith Phipps | village voice | 2015 |
| Jon Plaut | Tap Into Kenilworth | 2015 |
| 7 | Ray Pride | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 9 | Steve Prokopy | Gapers Block | 2015 |
| 8 | Jason Rantz | MyNorthwest.com | 2015 |
| 5 | Jordan Raup | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 6 | Scott Renshaw | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 4 | Katey Rich | village voice | 2015 |
| 3 | Rania Richardson | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 8 | Katie Rife | AV | 2015 |
| 8 | Brian Roan | The Film Stage | 2015 |
| 4 | Joshua Rothkopf | Time Out | 2015 |
| 7 | Mike Rubin | village voice | 2015 |
| 7 | David Rudin | village voice | 2015 |
| 10 | Marc Savlov | Austin Chronicle | 2015 |
| 3 | Nick Schager | village voice | 2015 |
| 4 | Christopher Schobert | The Playlist | 2015 |
| 1 | Alan Scherstuhl | village voice | 2015 |
| 5 | Justine Smith | Fandor | 2015 |
| 6 | Marlon Stern | The Daily Beast | 2015 |
| 2 | Alice Stoehr | village voice | 2015 |
| 1 | R.Emmet Sweeney | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 2 | Brian Tallerico | RogerEbert.com | 2015 |
| 1 | Charles Taylor | indieWIRE poll | 2015 |
| Thompson on Hollywood Staff | | 2015 |
| 10 | Anne-Katrin Titze | Eye for Film | 2015 |
| 2 | Scott Tobias | village voice | 2015 |
| 9 | Jim Tudor | Twitch Film | 2015 |
| Vanderwerff, Todd | | 2015 |
| 5 | Variety Staff | | 2015 |
| 1 | Ignatiy Vishnevetsky | AV Club | 2015 |
| 7 | David Walsh | indiewire poll | 2015 |
| The Week Staff | | 2015 |
| 2 | Weinbender, Nathan | | 2015 |
| 10 | Max Weiss | Village Voice | 2015 |
| Ryan Werner | indiewire | 2015 |
| 3 | Zachary Wigon | village voice | 2015 |
| 3 | Blake Williams | IONCINEMA.com | 2015 |
| 4 | Alison Willmore | BuzzFeed | 2015 |
| 4 | Sam Woolf | We Got This Covered | 2015 |
| 6 | Ryan Wu | Skandies | 2015 |
| 2 | Stephanie Zacharek | Time Magazine | 2015 |