| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Sam Adams | Slate | 2016 |
| Patrick Allan | LifeHacker | 2016 | |
| 2 | Nick Allen | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| Rachel Allen | Film Society | 2016 | |
| 3 | Ethan Alter | Yahoo Movies | 2016 |
| 1 | Eric Althoff | The Washington Times | 2016 |
| 5 | Mallory Andrews | Village Voice Poll | 2016 |
| 2 | Ali Arikan | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 8 | Michael Atkinson | The Village Voice | 2016 |
| 8 | RogerEbert.com | Balder & Dash Staff | 2016 |
| 9 | Miriam Bale | Village Voice | 2016 |
| John Beifuss | Commercial Appeal | 2016 | |
| Bernando Britto | Talk House | 2016 | |
| 8 | Brian Brooks | Film Society of Lincoln | 2016 |
| 4 | Josh Brunsting | The Criterion Cast | 2016 |
| 10 | Ty Burr | Boston Globe | 2016 |
| 2 | Christopher Campbell | Film School Rejects | 2016 |
| 9 | Forrest Cardamenis | Brooklyn Magazine | 2016 |
| 3 | Jesse Cataldo | Slant | 2016 |
| 9 | Andrew Chan | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 6 | Ashley Clark | Film Comment | 2016 |
| 2 | Jake Cole | Slant | 2016 |
| 10 | K. Austin Collins | The Ringer | 2016 |
| 2 | Jake Coyle | AP | 2016 |
| Brian Darr | Senses of Cinema | 2016 | |
| 5 | Connor Denney | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 1 | Doug Dilliman | Skandies | 2016 |
| 5 | Diana Drumm | Female Film Critics | 2016 |
| 4 | Bilge Ebiri | Broward Palm Beach | 2016 |
| Ezra Edelman | Director | 2016 | |
| 9 | Ken Eisner | Georgia Straight | 2016 |
| 3 | Alex Engquist | In Review | 2016 |
| 9 | Bryant Frazer | Skandies | 2016 |
| 2 | Cynthia Fuchs | PopMatters | 2016 |
| 2 | Kenji Fujishima | Slant | 2016 |
| 9 | Patrick Gamble | CineVue | 2016 |
| Georgia Straight | 2016 | ||
| 7 | Noah Gittell | Washington City Paper | 2016 |
| 6 | Eli Glasner | CBC News | 2016 |
| 6 | Steve Greene | IndieWIre | 2016 |
| 2 | Steven D. Greydanus | National Catholic Register | 2016 |
| Alma Har'el | Director | 2016 | |
| Ian Harnarine | Talk House | 2016 | |
| 10 | Tina Hassannia | indieWIRE poll | 2016 |
| 7 | Eric Henderson | Slant | 2016 |
| 2 | Eugene Hernandez | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 6 | Ann Hornaday | Washington Post | 2016 |
| Anne Hubbell | indiewire | 2016 | |
| 7 | David Hudson | Keyframe | 2016 |
| 1 | Eric Hynes | Film Comment | 2016 |
| Simon Killen | Senses of Cinema | 2016 | |
| Nelson Kim | Senses of Cinema | 2016 | |
| 8 | Stacia Kissick Jones | Next Project | 2016 |
| 6 | Eric Kohn | IndieWire | 2016 |
| 3 | Michael Koresky | Film Society of Lincoln | 2016 |
| Ryan Krivoshey | Grasshopper Film | 2016 | |
| 1 | Peter Labuza | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 7 | Tomris Laffly | Film School Rejects | 2016 |
| 8 | Joanna Langfield | The Movie Minute | 2016 |
| 3 | Andrew Lapin | NPR | 2016 |
| 8 | Josh Larsen | Filmspotting | 2016 |
| 6 | Manuela Lazic | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 6 | Sue Lonac | Seattle Screen Scene | 2016 |
| 4 | Matt Lynch | Scarecrow Video | 2016 |
| 3 | Willow Maclay | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 2 | Movie Mezzanine Staff | 2016 | |
| Marc Mohan | The Oregonian | 2016 | |
| 1 | Victor Morton | Skandies | 2016 |
| Oren Moverman | Director | 2016 | |
| 2 | Vikram Murthi | IndieWIRE | 2016 |
| 7 | Adam Nayman | Cinema Scope | 2016 |
| 6 | Victoria Negri | Talk House | 2016 |
| 4 | Ben Nicholson | CineVue | 2016 |
| 4 | Dan Nuxoll | Rooftop Films | 2016 |
| Tricia Olszewski | Washington City Paper | 2016 | |
| 7 | Ryan Painter WJLA | Washington DC | 2016 |
| 2 | Sierra Pettengill | Talk House | 2016 |
| 6 | James Ponsoldt | Director | 2016 |
| 7 | CJ Prince | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 4 | Nicolas Rapold | Film Comment | 2016 |
| 6 | Jeff Reichert | Reverse Shot | 2016 |
| 1 | Scott Renshaw | Salt Lake City Weekly | 2016 |
| 4 | Reverse Shot | 2016 | |
| Sean Rogers | Toronto Film Review | 2016 | |
| 3 | Sophy Romvari | Filmmaker | 2016 |
| Matt Ross | Director | 2016 | |
| 5 | Rejendra Roy | indieWIRE | 2016 |
| 10 | Mike Rubin | Village Voice | 2016 |
| Diana Sanchez | TIFF | 2016 | |
| 3 | Marc Savlov | Austin Chronicle | 2016 |
| 7 | Alan Scherstuhl | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 3 | Daniel Schindel | The Film Stage | 2016 |
| 5 | Dan Schoenbrun | Filmmaker Magazine | 2016 |
| David Schwartz | indiewire | 2016 | |
| 4 | AO Scott | New York Times | 2016 |
| 5 | Seattle Screen Scene | 2016 | |
| 1 | Matt Zoller Seitz | Roger Ebert.com | 2016 |
| 1 | John Semley | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 7 | Courtney Sheehan | Northwest Film Forum | 2016 |
| 5 | Dan Shoebrun | Film Maker Magazine | 2016 |
| 7 | Michael Sicinski | Cinema Scope Magazine | 2016 |
| 8 | Slant Magazine | 2016 | |
| 3 | Will Sloan | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 7 | Michael Snydel | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| Amir Soltani | Toronto Film Review | 2016 | |
| 6 | Collin Souter | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| Spectum Culture | 2016 | ||
| 5 | Josh Spiegel | Movie Mezzanine | 2016 |
| 5 | Matthew Stein | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 4 | Glenn Sumi | Now Magazine | 2016 |
| 2 | Ryan Swen | Seattle Screen Scene | 2016 |
| 8 | Scout Tafoya | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 9 | Brian Tallerico | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 3 | Brian Tallerico | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 7 | Lisa Thomas | Film Society | 2016 |
| 8 | Rob Thomas | Capital Times | 2016 |
| 1 | Mayuran Tiruchelvam | Talk House | 2016 |
| 5 | Michael Tully | Hammer to Nail | 2016 |
| John Vanco | IFC Center | 2016 | |
| 1 | Daniel Walber | Nonfics | 2016 |
| 6 | Katie Walsh | LA Times | 2016 |
| 4 | Keith Watson | Slant | 2016 |
| 2 | C. Mason Wells | Skandies | 2016 |
| 7 | Erin Whitney | Screen Crush | 2016 |
| 2 | Alissa Wilkinson | Vox | 2016 |
| 3 | Norman Wilner | Now Magazine | 2016 |
| 3 | Chris Wisniewski | Reverse Shot | 2016 |
| 4 | Genevieve Yue | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 8 | The Skinny | 2017 |