| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chloe Galibert-Laine | Fandor | 2015 |
| Samuel Adelaar | Toronto Film Review | 2016 | |
| 6 | Reverse Shot | 2016 | |
| Florence Almozini | Film Society | 2016 | |
| 2 | Jason Anderson | Village Voice Poll | 2016 |
| 1 | Jeffrey Anderson | San Francisco Chronicle | 2016 |
| 9 | Melissa Anderson | LA Weekly | 2016 |
| 1 | Michael J Anderson | Oklahoma City Museum of Art | 2016 |
| 1 | Michael Atkinson | The Village Voice | 2016 |
| 1 | Sean Axmaker | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 4 | Cameron Bailey | indieWIRE | 2016 |
| 8 | Miriam Bale | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 4 | Baltimore City Paper | 2016 | |
| 2 | Forrest Cardamenis | Brooklyn Magazine | 2016 |
| 5 | Jesse Cataldo | Slant | 2016 |
| 8 | Andrew Chan | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 5 | Dustin Chang | Screen Anarchy | 2016 |
| Yung Chang | Talk House | 2016 | |
| 4 | Godfrey Cheshire | ROgerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 1 | Daryl Chin | Documents on Art & Cinema | 2016 |
| 8 | Zach Clark | Talk House | 2016 |
| 4 | K. Austin Collins | The Ringer | 2016 |
| 6 | Brandon Colvin | Talk House | 2016 |
| 2 | Stephen Cone | Talk House | 2016 |
| 6 | Julia Cooper | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 3 | Jordan Cronk | CinemaScope | 2016 |
| 3 | Jordan Cronk | Cinema Scope | 2016 |
| 1 | Scott Cummings | Talk House | 2016 |
| 4 | John DeCarli | FilmCapsule.com | 2016 |
| 9 | Connor Denney | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 5 | Clayton Dilard | Slant Magazine | 2016 |
| 4 | Kyle Dilla | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 10 | Doug Dilliman | Skandies | 2016 |
| 5 | Alex Engquist | In Review | 2016 |
| 4 | Film Comment | 2016 | |
| 4 | Kenji Fujishima | Slant | 2016 |
| 10 | Lawrence Garcia | Mubi | 2016 |
| 5 | Sean Gilman | Seattle Screen Scene | 2016 |
| Jared Gores | Reel Fanatics | 2016 | |
| 6 | Christopher Gray | Slant | 2016 |
| 2 | Mitch Greenberg | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 4 | Skander H. | Skandies | 2016 |
| 1 | Glenn Heath Jr. | San Diego City Beat | 2016 |
| 6 | Eric Henderson | Slant | 2016 |
| 4 | Robert Horton | Seattle Weekly | 2016 |
| 3 | Jim Hosking | Talk House | 2016 |
| 4 | Darren Hughes | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| Richard T. Jameson | Parallax View | 2016 | |
| 2 | Daniel Kasman | MUBI | 2016 |
| 6 | Aaron Katz | Talk House | 2016 |
| 4 | John Keefer | 51deep.com | 2016 |
| 3 | Ryland Walker Knight | 2016 | |
| 4 | Michael Koresky | Film Society of Lincoln | 2016 |
| Ryan Krivoshey | Grasshopper Film | 2016 | |
| 2 | Jay Kuehner | Cinema Scope | 2016 |
| 9 | Andrew Lapin | NPR | 2016 |
| 4 | Josh Larsen | Filmspotting | 2016 |
| 1 | James Lattimer | Slant | 2016 |
| 1 | Kevin B. Lee | Fandor | 2016 |
| Adam Litovitz | Toronto Film Review | 2016 | |
| 6 | Matt Lynch | Scarecrow Video | 2016 |
| 1 | Steve Macfarlane | Slant Magazine | 2016 |
| 2 | Scott Marks | San Diego Reader | 2016 |
| 3 | James Marsh | Talk House | 2016 |
| 8 | Richie Millennium | Man of No Consequence | 2016 |
| 1 | Evan Morgan | Seattle Screen Scene | 2016 |
| Oren Moverman | Director | 2016 | |
| 8 | Elise Nakhnikian | Slant | 2016 |
| 8 | Adam Nayman | Cinema Scope | 2016 |
| 8 | Sheila O'Malley | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 9 | John Oursler | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 9 | Pat Padua | Dcist | 2016 |
| 2 | Seema Pai | Seattle Screen Scene | 2016 |
| 5 | Sierra Pettengill | Talk House | 2016 |
| 1 | Thomas Prieto | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 5 | CJ Prince | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 5 | Jeff Reichert | Reverse Shot | 2016 |
| 3 | Reverse Shot | 2016 | |
| 8 | Vadim Rizov | Filmmaker Magazine | 2016 |
| 2 | Jonathan Rosenbaum | jonathanrosenbaum.net | 2016 |
| 6 | Seattle Screen Scene | 2016 | |
| 8 | John Semley | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 3 | Jason Shawhan | The Nashville Scene | 2016 |
| 8 | Tara Sheffer | Filmmaker | 2016 |
| 1 | Michael Sicinski | Cinema Scope Magazine | 2016 |
| 6 | Christopher Sikich | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 4 | Slant Magazine | 2016 | |
| 4 | Will Sloan | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 7 | Cedric Succivalli | ICS | 2016 |
| 2 | R. Emmet Sweeney | Streamline | 2016 |
| 6 | Ryan Swen | Seattle Screen Scene | 2016 |
| 7 | Brian Tallerico | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| Richard Tanne | Director | 2016 | |
| 4 | Mark Thiedman | Filmmaker | 2016 |
| 5 | Keith Watson | Slant | 2016 |
| 6 | Jason Wierzba | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 5 | Matthew Wilder | Simian Cinema | 2016 |
| 2 | Chris Wisniewski | Reverse Shot | 2016 |
| 2 | Manuel Yanez Murillo | Film Comment | 2016 |