| Peter Bradshaw | The Guardian | 2010 |
| 2 | Bryant Frazer | Skandies | 2010 |
| Rick Groen | Globe and Mail | 2010 |
| 6 | Hotpress.com | | 2010 |
| 11 | Paul Martin | indiemoviesonline.com | 2010 |
| 1 | Erik McClanahan | TC Daily Planet | 2010 |
| 8 | Now | | 2010 |
| 9 | Jason Overbeck | Scandies | 2010 |
| 2 | Sight and Sound | | 2010 |
| 1 | Chuck Stephens | Film Comment | 2010 |
| 3 | Mark Slutsky | Montreal Mirror | 2010 |
| 2 | Chris Stults | Skandies | 2010 |
| 2 | Sean Axmaker | msn | 2011 |
| 1 | Jason Anderson | Eye Weekly | 2011 |
| 9 | Melissa Anderson | Village Voice | 2011 |
| 1 | Michael Atkinson | IFC | 2011 |
| 6 | Ali Arikan | Slant | 2011 |
| Livia Bloom | indieWIRE poll | 2011 |
| 7 | Paul Brunick | Film Comment | 2011 |
| 3 | Joshua Brunsting | Gordon and the Whale | 2011 |
| 1 | Christopher Bell | Village Voice | 2011 |
| 10 | Matthew Butcher | Skandies | 2011 |
| 4 | Jesse Cataldo | Slant Magazine | 2011 |
| 2 | Aaron Cutler | indiewire poll | 2011 |
| 6 | Daryl Chin | Freelance | 2011 |
| 10 | Phillip Brasor | PhillipBrasor.com | 2011 |
| 3 | Chris Cabin | Filmcritic.com | 2011 |
| 9 | Mike D'Angelo | | 2011 |
| 5 | Austin Dale | indiewire | 2011 |
| 2 | Brian Darr | Hell on Frisco Bay | 2011 |
| 1 | Jim Emerson | | 2011 |
| 7 | Steve Erickson | Gay City News | 2011 |
| 5 | David Fear | New York Time Out | 2011 |
| 2 | Film Comment | | 2011 |
| 6 | Bryant | Frazer, Skandies | 2011 |
| 4 | Stephen Garrett | Time Out New York | 2011 |
| 1 | Leo Goldsmith | Not Coming to a Theater Near You | 2011 |
| 9 | Tim Grierson | LA Weekly | 2011 |
| 8 | Andrew Grant | village voice poll | 2011 |
| 2 | Larry Gross | Village Voice film poll | 2011 |
| 7 | Ray Greene | Box Office Magazine | 2011 |
| 3 | Glenn Heath Jr. | Slant Magazine | 2011 |
| 5 | Brandon Harris | Filmmaker Magazine | 2011 |
| 2 | Eugene Hernandez | Film Society of Lincoln Center | 2011 |
| 3 | Aaron Hillis | Green Cine Daily | 2011 |
| 6 | Robert Horton | The Herald | 2011 |
| 4 | Eric Hynes | Reverse Shot | 2011 |
| Dennis Harvey | San Francisco Bay Guardian | 2011 |
| 8 | Stan Hall | The Oregonian | 2011 |
| 8 | Eric Henderson | CBS Minnesota | 2011 |
| 1 | Marcus Hu | indieWIRE | 2011 |
| 4 | Skander H. | Skandies | 2011 |
| 2 | Jeremy Heilman | Skandies | 2011 |
| 6 | Mark Jenkins | NPR | 2011 |
| 7 | Ben Kenigsberg | Time Out Chicago | 2011 |
| 5 | Glenn Kenny | MSN | 2011 |
| 5 | Danny Kasman | MUBI | 2011 |
| 7 | Anthony Kaufman | indiewire poll | 2011 |
| 4 | Ryland Walker Knight | indiewire | 2011 |
| 1 | Robert Koehler | indieWIRE | 2011 |
| 5 | Eric Kohn | indieWIRE | 2011 |
| 2 | Michael Koresky | Reverse Shot | 2011 |
| 7 | Gary Kramer | Gay City News | 2011 |
| 5 | IndieWire Poll | | 2011 |
| 5 | Justin Lowe | indieWIRE | 2011 |
| 1 | Dennis Lim | Moving Image Source | 2011 |
| 1 | Diego Lerer | Clarin | 2011 |
| 4 | Kristian Lin | Fort Worth Weekly | 2011 |
| 8 | Matthew Lucas | The Dispatch | 2011 |
| Ryan Lattanzio | San Francisco Bay Guardian | 2011 |
| 4 | MSN | | 2011 |
| 7 | Kim Morgan | MSN | 2011 |
| 7 | Kat Murphy | MSN | 2011 |
| 8 | Patrick McGavin Lightsensitive.typepad.com | | 2011 |
| 10 | Kristi Mitsuda | Reverse Shot | 2011 |
| 4 | Jared Moshe | indieWIRE | 2011 |
| 8 | Charles Mudede | The Stranger | 2011 |
| 1 | Adam Nayman | Eye Weeklly | 2011 |
| Farran Smith Nehme | Self Styled Siren | 2011 |
| 2 | Rob Nelson | Variety | 2011 |
| 8 | Andrew O'Hehir | Salon | 2011 |
| 1 | Michal Oleszczyk | Fandor | 2011 |
| David Phelps | indiewire poll | 2011 |
| 8 | Richard Porton | Cineaste | 2011 |
| 5 | Steven Pate | Chicagoist.com | 2011 |
| 8 | Matt Prigge | Philadelphia Weekly | 2011 |
| 7 | Mark Pittillo | Skandies | 2011 |
| 5 | James Quandt | Artforum Magazine | 2011 |
| 3 | Jeff Reichert | Reverse Shot | 2011 |
| 4 | B. Ruby Rich | UC Santa Cruz | 2011 |
| 2 | Reverse Shot | Consensus | 2011 |
| 5 | Michael Sicinkski | | 2011 |
| Dana Stevens | Slate Magaine | 2011 |
| 7 | Slant Magazine | | 2011 |
| 5 | Nick Schager | Slant Magazine | 2011 |
| 2 | Chuck Stephens | Film Comment | 2011 |
| 8 | Cedric Succivalli | ICS | 2011 |
| 3 | R. Emmet Sweeney | Movie Morlocks | 2011 |
| 1 | Henry Stewart | L Magazine | 2011 |
| 5 | Peter Simek | FrontRow | 2011 |
| 1 | Bryan Stamp | indieWIRE | 2011 |
| Tom Storch | Culture Mob | 2011 |
| 5 | Scott Tobias | AV Club | 2011 |
| 5 | Tiny Mix Tape | | 2011 |
| 8 | Charles Taylor | Fox on the Prowl | 2011 |
| 8 | Michael Tully | Hammer to Nail | 2011 |
| 1 | Pete Timmerman | Playback | 2011 |
| Ben Umstead | Twitch Film | 2011 |
| 3 | Elbert Ventura | Reverse Shot | 2011 |
| Kim Voynar | Movie City News | 2011 |
| 10 | John Walters | Artforum | 2011 |
| 2 | Chris Wisniewski | Reverse Shot | 2011 |
| 4 | Chuck Wilson | | 2011 |
| Farihah Zaman | Huffington Post | 2011 |