| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
| 8 | Sam Adams | Village Voice Poll | 2017 |
| 8 | Hercules | Ain't It Cool News | 2017 |
| Florence Almozini | Lincolm Film Center | 2017 |
| 4 | Preston Barta | Denton Record-Chronicle | 2017 |
| 7 | Nicholas Bell | IONCinema | 2017 |
| 8 | J Don Birnam | Splash Report | 2017 |
| 8 | Boca Magazine | | 2017 |
| 2 | Brian Brooks | Deadline | 2017 |
| 6 | Max Cea | Salon | 2017 |
| 7 | Godfrey Cheshire | RogerEbert.com | 2017 |
| 1 | Mark Cira | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 1 | Freja Dam | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 8 | Peter Debruge | Variety | 2017 |
| Bruno Dequen | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 1 | Jeff Deutchman | NEON | 2017 |
| 9 | Clayton Dillard | Slant | 2017 |
| 7 | A.A. Dowd | AV Club | 2017 |
| 1 | John Fink | Film Stage | 2017 |
| 5 | Graham Fuller | The Culture Trip | 2017 |
| GQ | | 2017 |
| Steve Gravestock | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 10 | Leora Heilbronn | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 3 | Eugene Hernandez | Lincoln Film Society | 2017 |
| 10 | Peter Howell | Toronto Star | 2017 |
| 6 | Rob Hunter | Film School Rejects | 2017 |
| 1 | Oleg Ivanov | Slant | 2017 |
| 1 | Andrew Karpan | Film School Rejects | 2017 |
| 6 | Anita Katz | San Francisco Examiner | 2017 |
| 7 | Shahbaz Kh | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 7 | Jonathan Kiefer | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| Ken Korman | New Orleans Gambit | 2017 |
| Richard Lippe | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 5 | Alicia Malone | Film Ink | 2017 |
| 10 | Tim Miller | Cape Cod Times | 2017 |
| Megan Moffat | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| Bob Mondello | NPR | 2017 |
| 6 | Col Needham | IMDb | 2017 |
| 3 | Ryan Oliver | The Playlist | 2017 |
| 10 | Mark Olsen | Los Angeles Times | 2017 |
| 2 | Marko Orlic | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| Kyle Pinion | The Beat | 2017 |
| 6 | Katie Rife | AV Club | 2017 |
| 7 | Mike Rubin | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| Ula Sniegowska | American Film Festival | 2017 |
| 3 | Jose Solis | the Film Stage | 2017 |
| 8 | Emma Stefansky | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| TT Stern-Enzi | Cincinatti City Beat | 2017 |
| 4 | David Sterritt | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| The Stranger | | 2017 |
| Kate Taylor | Toronto Globe and Mail | 2017 |
| 7 | Luke Thompson | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 5 | Michael Tuckman | mTuckman Media | 2017 |
| Kenneth Turan | Los Angeles Times | 2017 |
| Ted Vasquez | Lincoln Film Center | 2017 |
| 4 | Kathleen Walsh | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 5 | Jeffrey Wells | Hollywood Elsewhere | 2017 |