| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Jeffrey Anderson | Fandor | 2015 |
| 4 | Saul Austerlitz | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 4 | Sean Axmaker | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 7 | Daniel Barnes | Sacramento News & Review | 2015 |
| 1 | Conor Bateman | Fandor | 2015 |
| 5 | Steven Boone | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 5 | Richard Brody | New Yorker | 2015 |
| 1 | Forrest Cardamenis | Film Stage | 2015 |
| 9 | Dustin Change | 2015 | |
| 10 | Godfrey Cheshire | village voice | 2015 |
| 4 | Daryl Chin | Documents on Art & Cinema | 2015 |
| 3 | Jake Cole | Slant | 2015 |
| 8 | Adam Cook | MUBI | 2015 |
| 5 | Diego Costa | Slant | 2015 |
| David Coursen | Parallax View | 2015 | |
| 2 | Andrew Crump | indieWIRE poll | 2015 |
| 6 | Aaron Cutler | Slant Magazine | 2015 |
| Ian Deutchman | indie Wire | 2015 | |
| 8 | Eric (Village Voice) | 2015 | |
| 4 | Brian Formo | Collider | 2015 |
| 2 | Blake Goble | Consequence of Sound | 2015 |
| 1 | Andrew Hamlin | Northeast Asian Weekly | 2015 |
| 8 | Eugene Hassannia | village voice | 2015 |
| 9 | Glenn Heath Jr. | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| Tara Juda | Fandor | 2015 | |
| 4 | Laurence Kardish | indie Wire | 2015 |
| 9 | Adam Kempenaar | Filmspotting | 2015 |
| 7 | Keyframe Critics (Fandor.com) | 2015 | |
| Ehsan Khoshbakht | Fandor | 2015 | |
| 2 | Katie Kilkenny | village voice | 2015 |
| 8 | Eric Kohn | indieWire | 2015 |
| 7 | Michael Koresky | village voice | 2015 |
| 5 | Gary Kramer | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 9 | Jochen Kurten | DW | 2015 |
| 2 | Tomris Laffly | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 3 | Kevin Lee | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 3 | Michael Lerman | indie wire | 2015 |
| 8 | John Lichman | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 8 | Kristian Lin | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 1 | Steve Macfarlane | Slant | 2015 |
| 5 | Yehudit Mam | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 2 | Sean P. Means | Salt Lake Tribune | 2015 |
| ob Mondello | NPR | 2015 | |
| 10 | Movie Mezzanine Staff | 2015 | |
| 10 | Charles Mundede | The Stranger | 2015 |
| 9 | Sheila O'Malley | RogerEbert.com | 2015 |
| 3 | Andrew Parker | Toronto Film Scene | 2015 |
| 3 | Ray Pride | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 9 | Jordan Raup | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 2 | Bruce Reid | Parallax View | 2015 |
| 6 | AO Scott | New York Times | 2015 |
| 8 | Alissa Simon | Variety | 2015 |
| 4 | South China Morning Post | 2015 | |
| 6 | Alison Willmore | BuzzFeed | 2015 |
| 6 | Chris Wisniewski | indiewire poll | 2015 |