| AARP | | 2012 |
| 1 | Erica Abeel | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 5 | Robert Abele | LA Times | 2012 |
| 7 | Sam Adams | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| 2 | Kaleem Aftab | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| 1 | Mario Alegre | Priera Hora | 2012 |
| 3 | Nick Allen | The Scorecard Review | 2012 |
| 5 | Ethan Alter | Television Without Pity | 2012 |
| 1 | Geoff Andrew | Senses of Cienma Poll | 2012 |
| 4 | David Ansen | Newsweek | 2012 |
| 6 | The Art Desk | | 2012 |
| 1 | Raffi Asdourian | The Film Stage | 2012 |
| 5 | at40.com | | 2012 |
| 1 | Michael Atkinson | IFC | 2012 |
| 7 | Nathalie Atkinson | National Post | 2012 |
| 11 | Austin Chronicles Poll | | 2012 |
| 7 | AV Club | | 2012 |
| 8 | Sean Axmaker | MSN Movies | 2012 |
| 8 | Phil Bacharach | Oklahoma Gazette | 2012 |
| 9 | Jason Bailey | Flavorwire | 2012 |
| 1 | Linda Barnard | Toronto Star | 2012 |
| 6 | Marjorie Baumgarten | Austin Chronicle | 2012 |
| 2 | Sheila Benson | Seattle Weekly | 2012 |
| 5 | James Berardinelli | Reelviews | 2012 |
| 2 | Geoff Berkshire | Pop2It | 2012 |
| 5 | Anna Bielak | Smells Like Screen Spirit | 2012 |
| 2 | Ela Bittencourt | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| Matt Bolish | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 7 | Christopher Bourne | Twitch | 2012 |
| 3 | Peter Bradshaw | The Guardian | 2012 |
| 5 | Liz Braun | Toronto Sun | 2012 |
| 1 | Brian Brooks | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 1 | Tom Brooks | BBC's Talking Movies | 2012 |
| 4 | Dwight Brown | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| James Brown | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 3 | Tom Brueggeman | Thompson on Hollywood | 2012 |
| 2 | Jim Brunzell III | The Optimistic Pessimist | 2012 |
| Ian Buckwalter | After Hours | 2012 |
| 10 | Luke Burnett | Screen Invasions | 2012 |
| 2 | Ty Burr | Boston Globe | 2012 |
| The Canadian Press | | 2012 |
| 9 | Tom Charity | CNN | 2012 |
| 1 | Godfrey Cheshire | Metro Magazine | 2012 |
| 4 | Rich Cline | Contact Music.com | 2012 |
| 1 | Matt Cohen | Washington City Paper | 2012 |
| 4 | Susan G. Cole | NOW Magazine | 2012 |
| 1 | Richard Corliss | Time Magazine | 2012 |
| 4 | Diego Costa | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 1 | Jake Coyle | Associated Press | 2012 |
| 2 | Criticker | | 2012 |
| Bronwyn Cunningham | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 5 | Cara Cusumano | Tribeca Fim Festival | 2012 |
| 6 | Mike D'Angelo | AV Club | 2012 |
| 1 | David D'Arcy | IndieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| Manohla Dargis | New York Times | 2012 |
| Jeff Delauter | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 6 | Desert Post Weekly | | 2012 |
| 5 | Bill Desowitz | Thompson on Hollywood | 2012 |
| 4 | Jeff Deutchman | IFC Films | 2012 |
| 2 | Ernesto Diezmartinez | Reforma | 2012 |
| 4 | A.A. Dowd | Time Out Chicago | 2012 |
| Denny Dreher | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 10 | Duane Dudek | Tap Milwaukee | 2012 |
| 4 | Nathan Duke | Bayside-Douglaston Patch | 2012 |
| 3 | David Edelstein | Vulture.com | 2012 |
| 1 | William Edwards | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 2 | David Ehrenstein | Keyframe | 2012 |
| 3 | David Ehrlich | Movies.com | 2012 |
| 5 | Jim Emerson | Village Voice Poll | 2012 |
| 8 | David Fear | Time Out New York | 2012 |
| 5 | Film Comment | | 2012 |
| 3 | Film School Rejects Poll | | 2012 |
| 6 | Film Threat | | 2012 |
| 3 | Bob Fischbach World Herald Staff Writer | | 2012 |
| 3 | Scott Foundas | Village Voice | 2012 |
| 1 | Jim Fouratt | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 7 | Jason Fraley | WTOP | 2012 |
| 2 | Bryant Frazer | Skandies | 2012 |
| 2 | Adam Frazier | Geeks of Doom | 2012 |
| Phillip French | The Observer | 2012 |
| 6 | Graham Fuller | Artinfo | 2012 |
| 5 | Patrick Gamble | Cine Vue | 2012 |
| Alison Gang | UT San Diego | 2012 |
| 3 | Janos Gereben | mcn | 2012 |
| 4 | Ghana News | | 2012 |
| 3 | Michael Ghennam | Les Fiches Du Cinama | 2012 |
| Anthony Ginnane | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 2 | Owen Gleiberman | Entertainment Weekly | 2012 |
| Globe and Mail | Groen and Lacey | 2012 |
| 3 | Nicholas Goldberg | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 4 | Daniel Green | indieWire | 2012 |
| 9 | Tim Grierson | Screen International | 2012 |
| 1 | Jaime Grijalba | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 2 | Andrea Gronvall | Movie City News | 2012 |
| 1 | Larry Gross | Film Comment | 2012 |
| 3 | The Guardian | | 2012 |
| 22 | Peter Gutierrez | The Montclair Times | 2012 |
| 2 | Tomas Hachard | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 7 | Amy R. Handler | Film Threat | 2012 |
| 6 | Eric Allen Hatch | Baltimore City Paper | 2012 |
| 1 | Patrick Heidmann | Cineman | 2012 |
| 7 | Eugene Hernandez | Film Society of Lincoln Center | 2012 |
| 9 | Chris Hewitt | Pioneer Press | 2012 |
| Lee Hill | Senses of Cinema | 2012 |
| 4 | Sky Hirschkron | Skandies | 2012 |
| 2 | Stephen Holden | New York Times | 2012 |
| Hollywood.com | | 2012 |
| 10 | Ann Hornaday | Washington Post | 2012 |
| 7 | Robert Horton | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 11 | Alexander Horwath | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 2 | Peter Howell | Toronto Star | 2012 |
| David Hudson | Fandor | 2012 |
| Hydra Mag | | 2012 |
| 4 | IndieWIRE poll | | 2012 |
| 1 | Jake Jacobson | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 4 | Rachel Jacobson | Skandies | 2012 |
| 1 | Caryn James | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 6 | Brian D. Johnson | Macleans | 2012 |
| 1 | James Kaelan | Moviemaker | 2012 |
| 9 | Don Kaye | MSN Movies | 2012 |
| 3 | Lisa Kennedy | Denver Post | 2012 |
| 8 | Ben Kenigsberg | Time Out Chicago | 2012 |
| 3 | Laura Kern | Film Comment | 2012 |
| 3 | Jonathan Kiefer | Village Voice | 2012 |
| 8 | Simon Killen | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 3 | Rick Kisonak | Film Threat | 2012 |
| 7 | Hemanth Kissoon | Filmaluation | 2012 |
| 2 | Peter Knegt | IndieWIRE | 2012 |
| 3 | Chris Knight | National Post | 2012 |
| 3 | Chris Knipp | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 5 | Eric Kohn | IndieWIRE | 2012 |
| 3 | Barry Koltnow | Orange County Register | 2012 |
| 4 | Manolis Kranakis | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 6 | Josh Larsen | LarsenOnFilm | 2012 |
| 1 | David Laub | Oscilloscope | 2012 |
| Richard Lawson | The Atlantic Wire | 2012 |
| 6 | Michael Lee | | 2012 |
| 5 | Will Leitch | Deadspin | 2012 |
| 7 | Michael Lerman | Philadelphia Film Festival | 2012 |
| 1 | Shawn Levy | indiewire Poll | 2012 |
| 7 | Lou Lumenick | New York Post | 2012 |
| 5 | Germain Lussier | Slashfilm | 2012 |
| 6 | Scott Mantz | Access Hollywood | 2012 |
| 2 | Kiko Martinez | San Antonio Current | 2012 |
| Marian Masone | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 3 | Matt Mazur | Pop Matters | 2012 |
| 7 | Sean McBride | Idaho Press | 2012 |
| 1 | Todd McCarthy | Hollywood Reporter | 2012 |
| 4 | Charlie McCollum | San Jose Mercury News | 2012 |
| 1 | Marsha Mccreadie | Village Voice | 2012 |
| 1 | Eric Melin | LJ World | 2012 |
| 6 | Adrian Mendizabal | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| Mercury News | | 2012 |
| 8 | Steve Mesa | Examiner | 2012 |
| 2 | Aaron Mettey | The Philly Post | 2012 |
| 3 | Carla Meyer | The Sacramento Bee | 2012 |
| 8 | Bruce Miller | Sioux City Journal | 2012 |
| 10 | Tim Miller | the Cape Cod Times | 2012 |
| Bob Mondello | NPR | 2012 |
| 4 | Wesley Morris | The Boston Globe | 2012 |
| 8 | Victor Morton | Skandies | 2012 |
| 6 | Bill Mousoulis | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 8 | MSN | | 2012 |
| 4 | Kat Murphy | MSN Movies | 2012 |
| Loquacious Muse | Film.com | 2012 |
| 5 | V.A. Musetto | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 7 | Kimberly Myers | the Playlist | 2012 |
| 4 | Randy Myers | Contra Costa Times | 2012 |
| Rob Nelson | Variety | 2012 |
| 3 | Joe Neumaier | New York Daily News | 2012 |
| 10 | Nictate | Skandies | 2012 |
| 1 | David Ninh | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| David Nugent | Hamptons Internation Festival | 2012 |
| 4 | Sean O'Connell | CinemaBlend.com | 2012 |
| 3 | Andrew O'Hehir | Salon.com | 2012 |
| 2 | Rudie Obias | Shockya.com | 2012 |
| 10 | Christopher Orr | The Atlantic | 2012 |
| 3 | Susan Oxtoby | Artforum | 2012 |
| 2 | Jason Overbeck | Skandies | 2012 |
| 4 | Paste Magazine | | 2012 |
| 5 | Michael Phillips | Chicago Tribune | 2012 |
| 5 | Keith Phipps | AV Club | 2012 |
| 1 | David Poland | Moviecitynews | 2012 |
| 2 | Mary Pols | Time Magazine | 2012 |
| 2 | Joseph Pomp | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 6 | Ray Pride | Movie City News | 2012 |
| 6 | James Quandt | Artforum Magazine | 2012 |
| 1 | Zach Ralston | Skandies | 2012 |
| 1 | Jordan Raup | The Film Stage | 2012 |
| Stephen Rea | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2012 |
| 3 | Peter Reiher | Skandies | 2012 |
| 7 | Bryce Renninger | IndieWIRE | 2012 |
| 6 | Katey Rich | Cinema Blend | 2012 |
| 4 | Carrie Rickey | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2012 |
| 3 | Rene Rodriguez | Miami Herald | 2012 |
| 4 | Lisa Rosman | indieWire Poll | 2012 |
| 4 | Patrick Ryan | East Valley Tribune | 2012 |
| 9 | Dan Sanchez | ABC | 2012 |
| 3 | Daniel Sarath | Screen Invasions | 2012 |
| Sophia Savage | IndieWIRE | 2012 |
| 7 | Louise Sheedy | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 1 | Richard Sheenhan | HSBC Bank USA | 2012 |
| 5 | Rob Scheer | Brigade Marketing | 2012 |
| 1 | A.O. Scott | New York Times | 2012 |
| 4 | Lisa Schwarzbaum | Entertainment Weekly | 2012 |
| 1 | Tom Shone | Intelligent Life | 2012 |
| 3 | Sight and Sound | | 2012 |
| 1 | Peter Simek | D Magazine | 2012 |
| 1 | Benjamin Solomon | NEXT | 2012 |
| 5 | Marlo Stern | The Daiy Beast | 2012 |
| 1 | David Sterritt | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| Dana Stevens | Slate | 2012 |
| 5 | Bob Strauss | Daily Breeze | 2012 |
| 3 | Cedric Succivalli | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 10 | Nathan Swank | Flix66 | 2012 |
| 9 | Tom Tangney | MyNorthwest.com | 2012 |
| 5 | Kris Tapley | In Contention | 2012 |
| 7 | Anna Tatarska | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 5 | Amy Taubin | Artforum | 2012 |
| 5 | Genna Terranova | Tribeca Film Festival | 2012 |
| 5 | Luke Thompson | Topless Robot | 2012 |
| 10 | Scott Tobias | AV Club | 2012 |
| 4 | Kezia Tooby | inideWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 8 | Gabe Toro | The Playlist | 2012 |
| Kenneth Turan | LA Times | 2012 |
| 9 | Chad Michael Van Alstin | Blog Critics.org | 2012 |
| Vancouver Sun | Canadian Press | 2012 |
| 7 | Lynn Venhaus | News-Democrat | 2012 |
| 6 | Village Voice Poll | | 2012 |
| Froilan Vispo | Skandies | 2012 |
| Robert Von Dassanowsky | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 1 | Lucy Walker | filmmaker | 2012 |
| 3 | Joseph Walsh | CineVue | 2012 |
| 9 | Daniel Waters | Skandies | 2012 |
| 4 | John Waters | Artforum | 2012 |
| 4 | Chad Webb | 411 Mania | 2012 |
| 7 | Westminster | | 2012 |
| 9 | Chase Whale | TwitchFilm.com | 2012 |
| Stephen Whitty | The New Jersey Star Ledger | 2012 |
| 7 | Jason Whyte | eFilmCritic | 2012 |
| 1 | Budd Wilkins | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 2 | Norman Wilner | NOW Magazine | 2012 |
| 2 | Ryan Wu | Skandies | 2012 |
| 7 | Yahoo! Movies | | 2012 |
| 5 | Derek Zemrak | Lamorinda Weekly | 2012 |
| 4 | Alan Zilberman | Washington City Paper | 2012 |
| Rob Christopher | Chicagoist | 2013 |
| 6 | Film3 News | | 2013 |
| 2 | J.R. Jones | Chicago Reader | 2013 |
| Philadelphia City Paper | | 2013 |