| 2 | Robert Abele | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 8 | Beth Accomando | KPBS | 2015 |
| 1 | Jason Anderson | Village Voice | 2015 |
| 2 | Jeffrey Anderson | Fandor | 2015 |
| 7 | Melissa Anderson | Miami New Times | 2015 |
| 3 | Raffi Asdourian | Film Stage | 2015 |
| 4 | Michael Atkinson | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 7 | The AV Club | | 2015 |
| 1 | Michael Barker | | 2015 |
| 7 | Nathan Bartlebaugh | Film Stage | 2015 |
| Boston Herald Radio | | 2015 |
| 9 | Chris Cabin | Slant | 2015 |
| 7 | Jordan Canahai | ArtVoice | 2015 |
| 5 | Forrest Cardamenis | Film Stage | 2015 |
| 10 | Jesse Cataldo | Slant | 2015 |
| 3 | Dustin Change | | 2015 |
| 1 | Justin Chang | Variety | 2015 |
| 3 | Daryl Chin | Documents on Art & Cinema | 2015 |
| 8 | Cine Vue | | 2015 |
| 1 | Adam Cook | MUBI | 2015 |
| 3 | Jordan Cronk | village voice | 2015 |
| 3 | Andrew Crump | indieWIRE poll | 2015 |
| 5 | Aaron Cutler | Slant Magazine | 2015 |
| 1 | Manohla Dargis | New York Times | 2015 |
| 2 | Brian Darr | Fandor | 2015 |
| 9 | Ken Eisner | The Georgia Straight | 2015 |
| 1 | Steve Erickson | | 2015 |
| 2 | Veronika Ferdman | Skandies | 2015 |
| 2 | Film Comment Poll | | 2015 |
| 10 | Sasha Geffen | Consequence of Sound | 2015 |
| 3 | Niclas Goldberg | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 7 | Leo Goldsmith | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 3 | Jaime Grijalba | Fandor | 2015 |
| 2 | Larry Gross | village voice | 2015 |
| 1 | Nik Grozdanovic | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 2 | Andrew Hamlin | Northeast Asian Weekly | 2015 |
| 1 | Glenn Heath Jr. | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 1 | J. Hoberman | Artforum | 2015 |
| Felix Hoi | Lifehack | 2015 |
| 4 | Robert Horton | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 5 | Darren Hughes | Long Pauses | 2015 |
| 1 | Drew Hunt | Chicago Reader | 2015 |
| 8 | indieWire Film Poll | | 2015 |
| 2 | La Internacional Cinefila | | 2015 |
| 8 | Jake Jacobson | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 6 | Richard T Jameson | Fandor | 2015 |
| 3 | John Keefer | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 7 | Ben Kenigsberg | AV Club | 2015 |
| 2 | Keyframe Critics (Fandor.com) | | 2015 |
| 4 | Michael Koresky | village voice | 2015 |
| 1 | Jay Kuehner | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| Josh Larsen | village voice | 2015 |
| 3 | James Lattimer | Slant | 2015 |
| 2 | Kevin Lee | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 1 | Maggie Lee | Variety | 2015 |
| 1 | Diego Lerer | village voice | 2015 |
| Joe Leydon | Variety | 2015 |
| 2 | Carson Lund | Slant | 2015 |
| 6 | Willow Maclay | village voice | 2015 |
| 7 | Phillip Martin | Arkansas Democrat | 2015 |
| 2 | Demetrious Matheou | indieWire | 2015 |
| 4 | Jeff McCloud | Skandies | 2015 |
| 1 | Patrick McGavin | village voice | 2015 |
| Kristi Mitsuda | village voice | 2015 |
| Jana Monji | rogerebert.com | 2015 |
| 2 | Adam Nayman | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 1 | Ben Nicholson | CineVue | 2015 |
| 2 | Scott Nye | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| Mark Olsen | LA Times | 2015 |
| 9 | Andrew Parker | Toronto Film Scene | 2015 |
| 1 | Andrew Picard | indieWIRE poll | 2015 |
| 1 | John Powers | Vogue | 2015 |
| Jason Rantz | MyNorthwest.com | 2015 |
| 10 | Jeff Reichert | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 3 | Reverse Shot | | 2015 |
| 10 | Joe Robberson | Zimbio | 2015 |
| 5 | Mike Rubin | village voice | 2015 |
| 5 | Nick Schager | village voice | 2015 |
| 5 | Gary Shannon | Young Folks | 2015 |
| 3 | Craig Skinner | FilmDivider.com | 2015 |
| 9 | Slant Magazine Staff | | 2015 |
| 1 | Sound and Fury | | 2015 |
| 1 | South China Morning Post | | 2015 |
| 10 | Alice Stoehr | village voice | 2015 |
| 4 | Cedric Succivalli | International Cinephile Society | 2015 |
| 4 | R.Emmet Sweeney | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 3 | Scout Tafoya | RogerEbert.com | 2015 |
| 3 | Amy Taubin | Artforum | 2015 |
| 5 | Ella Taylor | Variety | 2015 |
| 5 | Scott Tobias | village voice | 2015 |
| 1 | Carman Tse | LAist | 2015 |
| 9 | Michael Tully | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 10 | Twitch Film | | 2015 |
| Kelly Vance | East Bay Express | 2015 |
| 2 | Variety Staff | | 2015 |
| 4 | Ignatiy Vishnevetsky | AV Club | 2015 |
| Froilan Vispo | Skandies | 2015 |
| 4 | Jay Weissberg | Variety | 2015 |
| 6 | Zachary Wigon | village voice | 2015 |
| 4 | Chris Wisniewski | indiewire poll | 2015 |
| 3 | Clint Worthington | Consequence of Sound | 2015 |
| 1 | Robbie Collin | The Telegraph | 2016 |
| 3 | Oriane Sidre | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 6 | The Skinny | | 2016 |