| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Adam Batty | 24 Frames Per Second | 2014 |
| 4 | Simon Howell | Sound On Sight | 2014 |
| 6 | Jake Jacobson | Westwood One | 2014 |
| 2 | Jessica Kiang | The Playlist | 2014 |
| 5 | Peter Martin | Twitch Film | 2014 |
| John McEntee | Sound On Sight | 2014 | |
| 7 | Drew McWeeny | Hit Fix | 2014 |
| 2 | Ben R Nicholson | CineVue | 2014 |
| 7 | James Quandt | Artforum | 2014 |
| 1 | Jonathan Romney | Film Comment | 2014 |
| 8 | Sight and Sound Poll | 2014 | |
| 4 | Carlos Aguilar | IndieWire | 2015 |
| 3 | Noormarina Anwar | LifeHack | 2015 |
| 2 | Michael Atkinson | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 8 | Andrew Barker | Variety | 2015 |
| 7 | Michael Barker | 2015 | |
| 5 | Alex Biese | APP.com | 2015 |
| 2 | Clint Bowie | Indiewire | 2015 |
| 7 | Matt Brunson | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 1 | Emily Buder | indieWIRE | 2015 |
| 7 | Josh Cabrita | The Young Folks | 2015 |
| 6 | Justin Chang | Variety | 2015 |
| Donald Clarke | Irish Times | 2015 | |
| 4 | Nina Corcoran | Consequence of Sound | 2015 |
| David Coursen | Parallax View | 2015 | |
| 3 | Jason Coyle | Scannain.com | 2015 |
| 5 | Travis Crawford | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 7 | Crummy, Colin, The Creators Project) | 2015 | |
| 9 | Nick Davis | Fandor | 2015 |
| 3 | Ernesto Diezmartinez | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 9 | Steve Dollar | village voice | 2015 |
| 5 | Alonso Duraldo | The Wrap | 2015 |
| 8 | Niclas Goldberg | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 3 | Pam Grady | Fandor | 2015 |
| 1 | Tim Grierson | 2015 | |
| 10 | Rafer Guzman | Newsday | 2015 |
| 4 | Aaron Hillis | Village Voice | 2015 |
| Tara Juda | Fandor | 2015 | |
| 1 | Josh Kupecki | Austic Chronicle | 2015 |
| 7 | Will Leitch | New Republic | 2015 |
| 6 | Yehudit Mam | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 1 | Todd McCarthy | Hollywood Reporter | 2015 |
| 10 | Erik McClanahan | The Playlist | 2015 |
| 6 | Sean P. Means | Salt Lake Tribune | 2015 |
| Blandine Mercier-McGovern | IndieWire | 2015 | |
| ob Mondello | NPR | 2015 | |
| 3 | Ben Nicholson | CineVue | 2015 |
| 10 | Michael Nordine | village voice | 2015 |
| Francisca Ortega | Houston Chronicle | 2015 | |
| 1 | John Oursler | village voice | 2015 |
| 3 | Paste Magazine Staff | 2015 | |
| 6 | Michael Pattison | Fandor | 2015 |
| 2 | Rania Richardson | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| Jim Ridley | Skandies | 2015 | |
| 9 | Marc Savlov | Austin Chronicle | 2015 |
| 3 | Luke Thompson | village voice | 2015 |
| 1 | Fred Topel | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 4 | Daniel Tucker | Next Projection | 2015 |
| 4 | Kent Turner | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 6 | Daniel Waters | Skandies | 2015 |