| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Jeremy Heilman | Skandies | 2016 |
| Yue Huang | Senses of Cinema | 2016 | |
| 4 | David Hudson | Keyframe | 2016 |
| 7 | Diego Lerer | Village Voice | 2016 |
| Evan Morgan | Seattle Screen Scene | 2016 | |
| 2 | Josh Timmermann | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 10 | John Waters | Artforum | 2016 |
| 1 | Simon Abrams | Roger Ebert.com | 2017 |
| 7 | Ali Arikan | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 9 | RogerEbert.com | Balder & Dash | 2017 |
| 9 | Marjorie Baumgarten | Austin Chronicle | 2017 |
| 2 | John Beifuss | USA Today Network | 2017 |
| 3 | Nicholas Bell | IONCinema | 2017 |
| 4 | Abbey Bender | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 8 | Christian Blauvelt | Village Voice Film Polls | 2017 |
| 2 | Boca Magazine | 2017 | |
| 2 | Chuck Bowen | Slant | 2017 |
| 2 | Danny Bowes | RogerEbert.com | 2017 |
| 2 | Richard Brody | New Yorker | 2017 |
| 2 | Joshua Brunsting | Criterion Cast | 2017 |
| 6 | Robert Butler | Defacto Film Reviews | 2017 |
| 1 | Chris Cabin | Collider | 2017 |
| 3 | Peter Canavese | Palo Alto Weekly | 2017 |
| 7 | Jesse Cataldo | Slant | 2017 |
| 7 | Justin Chang | Los Angeles Times | 2017 |
| 4 | Walter Chaw | Film Freak Central | 2017 |
| 10 | Seongyong Cho | RogerEbert.com | 2017 |
| 2 | Jake Cole | Slant | 2017 |
| 9 | Collider Consensus | 2017 | |
| 7 | K. Austin Collins | The Ringer | 2017 |
| 10 | Denis Cote | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 8 | Brimingham, Alabama | Corey Craft, ARTSBHAM | 2017 |
| 9 | Jordan Cronk | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 5 | Greg Cwik | Slant | 2017 |
| 9 | Manohla Dargis | New York Times | 2017 |
| 3 | Joanna Di Mattia | Seventh Row | 2017 |
| 6 | A.A. Dowd | AV Club | 2017 |
| 4 | Mark Dujsik | RogerEbert.com | 2017 |
| 8 | David Ehrenstein | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| Jim Emerson | Parallax View | 2017 | |
| 9 | Matt Fagerholm | RogerEbert.com | 2017 |
| 10 | David Fear | Rolling Stone | 2017 |
| 2 | Film Comment | 2017 | |
| 9 | Sarah Foulkes | Film School Rejects | 2017 |
| 10 | Kenji Fujishima | Slant | 2017 |
| 5 | Alex Fung | Skandies | 2017 |
| 7 | Noah Gittell | RogerEbert.com | 2017 |
| 3 | Peter Goldberg | Slant | 2017 |
| 3 | Ed Gonzalez | Slant Magazine | 2017 |
| 2 | Christopher Gray | Slant | 2017 |
| 8 | Wes Green | Slant | 2017 |
| 3 | Eric Henderson | Slant | 2017 |
| 5 | Robert Horton | Seattle Weekly | 2017 |
| 4 | Robert Hunt | River Front Times | 2017 |
| 8 | Eric Hynes | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 5 | Sean Keeley | American Interest | 2017 |
| 5 | Glenn Kenny | RogerEbert.com | 2017 |
| 2 | Kristen Yoonsoo Kim | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| Michael Koresky | Lincoln Film Center/Film Comment | 2017 | |
| 7 | Diego Lerer | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 8 | Sheri Linden | Hollywood Reporter | 2017 |
| Richard Lippe | Toronto Film Review | 2017 | |
| Adam Litovitz | Toronto Film Review | 2017 | |
| 1 | Carson Lund | Slant | 2017 |
| 10 | Sam Mac | Slant | 2017 |
| 1 | Steve Macfarlane | Slant | 2017 |
| Ashley McKenzie | Toronto Film Review | 2017 | |
| 4 | Steven Mears | Film Comment | 2017 |
| MercatorNet | 2017 | ||
| 8 | Jared Mobarak | The Film Stage | 2017 |
| 8 | Victor Morton | Skandies | 2017 |
| 4 | Angelo Muredda | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 4 | Elise Nakhnikian | Slant | 2017 |
| 2 | Sophia Nguyen | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 3 | John Oursler | Lincoln Film Center | 2017 |
| 5 | Mark Pittillo | Skandies | 2017 |
| 9 | Ray Pride | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 10 | Thomas Prieto | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 5 | Matt Prigge | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| Nicolas Rapold | Film Comment | 2017 | |
| 9 | Jordan Raup | Lincoln Film Center | 2017 |
| 3 | Bruce Reid | Parallax View | 2017 |
| Scott Renshaw | Salt Lake City Weekly | 2017 | |
| 1 | Reverse Shot | 2017 | |
| 3 | Keith Ritchie | Now Toronto | 2017 |
| 1 | Sophy Romvari | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| Alan Scherstuhl | LA Weekly | 2017 | |
| 3 | Niles Schwartz | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 9 | A.O. Scott | New York Times | 2017 |
| 4 | Oriane Sidre | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 2 | Slant Magazine | 2017 | |
| 2 | Derek Smith | Slant | 2017 |
| 5 | Imogen Sarah Smith | Film Comment | 2017 |
| 2 | Alice Stoehr | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 2 | Bob Strauss | Los Angeles Daily News | 2017 |
| 8 | Scott Tobias | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 10 | Daniel Waters | Skandies | 2017 |
| 1 | Keith Watson | Slant | 2017 |
| 10 | Alissa Wilkinson | Vox | 2017 |
| Tyler Wilson | Lincoln Film Society | 2017 |