| 3 | Robert Abele | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 7 | Christina Acosta | LA Presnsita | 2015 |
| 6 | Kaleem Aftab | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 2 | Ryland Aldrich | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 1 | Al Alexander | The Patriot Ledger | 2015 |
| 7 | Nick Allen | Roger Ebert.com | 2015 |
| 4 | David Ansen | Village Voice poll | 2015 |
| 10 | Andrew Barker | Variety | 2015 |
| Preston Barta | DentonRC.com | 2015 |
| 9 | John Beifuss | The Commercial Appeal | 2015 |
| Boston Herald Radio | | 2015 |
| 8 | Collin Brennan | Consequence of Sound | 2015 |
| 5 | Tom Brook | BBC Talking Movies | 2015 |
| 10 | Brian Brooks | indiewire | 2015 |
| 10 | Dwight Brown | The Huffington Post | 2015 |
| 10 | David Chen | Slash Film | 2015 |
| 10 | Tyler Christian | cutprintfilm.com | 2015 |
| 6 | Laura Clifford | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 9 | Michael Compton | Bowling Green Daily News | 2015 |
| Concrete Playground | | 2015 |
| 9 | Matt Conway | The Young Folks | 2015 |
| 10 | David Costill | Cutprintfilm.com | 2015 |
| 1 | Crummy, Colin, The Creators Project) | | 2015 |
| 8 | The Daily Beast | | 2015 |
| 4 | Freja Dam | village voice | 2015 |
| 7 | Steve Davis | Austin Chronicle | 2015 |
| The Day Staff | | 2015 |
| 8 | Jim Dixon | Capital District Movies Examiner | 2015 |
| 2 | Marc Doyle | Metacritic | 2015 |
| 6 | FTW Staff | | 2015 |
| 5 | Cynthia Fuchs | PopMatters | 2015 |
| 10 | Gayot | | 2015 |
| 9 | Ryan Gibbs | Young Folks | 2015 |
| 10 | Owen Gleiberman | BBC | 2015 |
| 5 | Bill Graham | Film Stage | 2015 |
| 8 | The Guardian | | 2015 |
| 5 | Rafer Guzman | Newsday | 2015 |
| 9 | Pete Hammond | Deadline | 2015 |
| 2 | Tony Hardy | Consequence of Sound | 2015 |
| 5 | George Hatza | Reading Eagle | 2015 |
| 7 | Mark Hinson | Talahassee Democrat | 2015 |
| 9 | Peter Howell | Toronto Star | 2015 |
| 9 | David Huffman | IdeaStream | 2015 |
| 8 | iDigital Times | | 2015 |
| 9 | Don Kaye | village voice | 2015 |
| 10 | Jochen Kurten | DW | 2015 |
| 2 | Ryan Lattanzio | indieWIRE | 2015 |
| 6 | atthew Libby | Stanford Arts Review | 2015 |
| 5 | Lights Camera Jackson | | 2015 |
| 5 | Phillip Lopate | village voice | 2015 |
| 8 | Allison Loring | Film School Rejects | 2015 |
| 7 | Kiko Martinez | San Antonio Current | 2015 |
| 4 | Demetrious Matheou | indieWire | 2015 |
| 5 | Marsha McCreadie | village voice | 2015 |
| 8 | McGill Tribune Staff | | 2015 |
| 6 | Tom Meek | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| Kristi Mitsuda | village voice | 2015 |
| 8 | Kevin Montes | Young Folks | 2015 |
| 5 | Roger Moore | Movie Nation | 2015 |
| David Morgan | CBS News | 2015 |
| 7 | MTV Staff | | 2015 |
| Rebecca Murray | Showbiz Junkies | 2015 |
| Jon Niccum | Kansas City Star | 2015 |
| 10 | Shane O'Reilly | Pure M Magazine | 2015 |
| Francisca Ortega | Houston Chronicle | 2015 |
| 9 | Jason Overbeck | Skandies | 2015 |
| 8 | Steve Persall | Tampa Bay Times | 2015 |
| 6 | Ali Plumb | Digital Spy | 2015 |
| 9 | Jason Rantz | MyNorthwest.com | 2015 |
| 4 | Relevant Magazine | | 2015 |
| 5 | Jeff Rollins | CutprintFilm | 2015 |
| 9 | Jordan Ruimy | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 9 | Allison Shoemaker | Consequence of Sound | 2015 |
| 6 | Alissa Simon | Variety | 2015 |
| Jeff Simon | Buffalo News | 2015 |
| 9 | Janet Smith | Georgia Straight | 2015 |
| 9 | Nigel Smith | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 7 | Cole Smithey | A New Domain | 2015 |
| 9 | Sound and Fury | | 2015 |
| 2 | South China Morning Post | | 2015 |
| 8 | Marlon Stern | The Daily Beast | 2015 |
| Dana Stevens | Slate | 2015 |
| 6 | Tom Tangney | My Northwest.com | 2015 |
| 4 | Kristopher Tapley | Variety | 2015 |
| 6 | Amy Taubin | Artforum | 2015 |
| 7 | Charles Taylor | indieWIRE poll | 2015 |
| Thompson on Hollywood Staff | | 2015 |
| 5 | Time Out Staff | | 2015 |
| Katherine Tulich | rogerebert.com | 2015 |
| Kenneth Turan | Los Angeles Times | 2015 |
| 2 | Kent Turner | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| The Week Staff | | 2015 |
| 3 | Sam Weisberg | village voice | 2015 |
| 4 | Max Weiss | Village Voice | 2015 |
| Anath White | RogerEbert.com | 2015 |
| 5 | Norman Wilner | NOW Magazine | 2015 |
| 3 | Susan Wloszczyna | indieWire | 2015 |
| 2 | Lara Zaum | village voice | 2015 |