| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryant Frazer | Skandies | 2010 |
| 9 | Laremy Legel | Film.com | 2010 |
| 8 | Jason Overbeck | Scandies | 2010 |
| A.V. Club | 2011 | ||
| 2 | Sam Adams | AV Club | 2011 |
| 2 | Simon Abrams | Slant Magazine | 2011 |
| 3 | Sean Axmaker | msn | 2011 |
| 4 | Mark Asch | L Magazine | 2011 |
| 2 | Alejandro Adams | Fandor | 2011 |
| 4 | Ethan Alter | Television Without Pity | 2011 |
| 2 | Jeffrey M. Anderson | San Francisco Examiner | 2011 |
| 5 | Richard Brody | New Yorker | 2011 |
| 1 | Joshua Brunsting | Gordon and the Whale | 2011 |
| 2 | Christopher Bell | Village Voice | 2011 |
| Luke Buckmaster | Cinetology | 2011 | |
| 7 | Sean Burns | Philadelphia Weekly | 2011 |
| 1 | Josh Bell | filmcritic.com | 2011 |
| 2 | John Beifuss | The Bloodshot Eye | 2011 |
| 2 | Peter Canavese | Palo Alto Online | 2011 |
| 3 | Nico Baumbach | Film Comment | 2011 |
| 1 | Jamie Christley | Slant Magazine | 2011 |
| 1 | Jesse Cataldo | Slant Magazine | 2011 |
| 1 | Aaron Cutler | indiewire poll | 2011 |
| Godfrey Cheshire | indiewire poll | 2011 | |
| 1 | Phillip Brasor | PhillipBrasor.com | 2011 |
| Rob Christopher | Chicagoist | 2011 | |
| Cinespect | 2011 | ||
| 1 | Chris Cabin | Filmcritic.com | 2011 |
| 1 | Joel Crabtree | Bangor Daily News | 2011 |
| 4 | David Denby | The New Yorker | 2011 |
| 3 | Mike D'Angelo | 2011 | |
| A.A. Dowd | Time Out Chicago | 2011 | |
| 2 | Steve Dollar | Wall Street Journal | 2011 |
| 5 | Brian Darr | Hell on Frisco Bay | 2011 |
| 4 | Jim Emerson | 2011 | |
| 6 | Bilge Ebiri | New York Magazine | 2011 |
| 4 | Steve Erickson | Gay City News | 2011 |
| 9 | Ken Eisner | Georgia Straight | 2011 |
| 7 | Film Comment | 2011 | |
| David Fellerath | Indy Week | 2011 | |
| 9 | Filmcritic.com | 2011 | |
| Veronika Ferdman | Skandies | 2011 | |
| 3 | Bryant | Frazer, Skandies | 2011 |
| 1 | Ed Gonzales | Slant | 2011 |
| 9 | Stephen Garrett | Time Out New York | 2011 |
| 2 | Susan Gerhard | SF360.org | 2011 |
| 4 | Andrew Grant | village voice poll | 2011 |
| Larry Gross | Village Voice film poll | 2011 | |
| 6 | Andrea Gronvall | Freelance | 2011 |
| 9 | Stephen Holden | New York Times | 2011 |
| 5 | Glenn Heath Jr. | Slant Magazine | 2011 |
| 2 | Robert Horton | The Herald | 2011 |
| 2 | Peter Howell | Toronto Star | 2011 |
| Dennis Harvey | San Francisco Bay Guardian | 2011 | |
| 2 | Eric Henderson | CBS Minnesota | 2011 |
| Mark Harris | Georgia Straight | 2011 | |
| Dennis Hartley | Digby's Hullabaloo | 2011 | |
| 10 | Skander H. | Skandies | 2011 |
| 3 | Richard T. Jameson | MSN | 2011 |
| 2 | Ben Kenigsberg | Time Out Chicago | 2011 |
| 6 | Gary Kramer | Gay City News | 2011 |
| 6 | IndieWire Poll | 2011 | |
| 4 | Keaton Kail | indieWIRE | 2011 |
| 7 | Andy Klein | Glendale News Press | 2011 |
| 7 | Andy Klein | Glendale News Press | 2011 |
| 1 | Kevin Lee | Fandor | 2011 |
| 4 | Guy Lodge | inContention | 2011 |
| Amy Lee and Gazelle Emami | Huffington Post | 2011 | |
| 4 | Diego Lerer | Clarin | 2011 |
| Craig Lindsey | IndyWeek | 2011 | |
| 10 | Matthew Lucas | The Dispatch | 2011 |
| Ryan Lattanzio | San Francisco Bay Guardian | 2011 | |
| 7 | Noel Murray | AV Club | 2011 |
| 6 | MSN | 2011 | |
| 7 | Dave McCoy MSN | 2011 | |
| 6 | Kat Murphy | MSN | 2011 |
| 5 | Patrick McGavin Lightsensitive.typepad.com | 2011 | |
| 1 | Kristi Mitsuda | Reverse Shot | 2011 |
| 3 | Jeff McCloud | Skandies | 2011 |
| 4 | Victor Morton | Skandies | 2011 |
| Farran Smith Nehme | Self Styled Siren | 2011 | |
| 3 | Nictate | 2011 | |
| 1 | Sheila O'Maley | Capital New York | 2011 |
| 5 | Charles Odell | Skandies | 2011 |
| 1 | Keith Phipps | AV Club | 2011 |
| 3 | Michael Phillips | Chicago Tribune | 2011 |
| 6 | Matt Patches | indiewire Poll | 2011 |
| 9 | Steven Pate | Chicagoist.com | 2011 |
| 3 | Michael Phillips | Chicago Tribune | 2011 |
| 6 | Matt Prigge | Philadelphia Weekly | 2011 |
| 5 | Rodrigo Perez | Playlist | 2011 |
| 5 | The Playlist | No Author Mentioned | 2011 |
| 2 | Mark Pittillo | Skandies | 2011 |
| 9 | Nathan Rabin | AV Club | 2011 |
| 8 | Tasha Robinson | AV Club | 2011 |
| Nicolas Rapold | Film Comment | 2011 | |
| 9 | Jeff Reichert | Reverse Shot | 2011 |
| 4 | Nathaniel Rogers | Film Experience | 2011 |
| 8 | Michael Joshua Rowin | indiewire | 2011 |
| 8 | Peter Rainer | The Christian Science Monitor | 2011 |
| 1 | Scott Renshaw | Charleston City Paper | 2011 |
| 3 | Reverse Shot | Consensus | 2011 |
| 6 | Zach Ralston | Skandies | 2011 |
| 1 | Michael Sicinkski | 2011 | |
| 9 | Sophia Savage | IndieWire | 2011 |
| Dana Stevens | Slate Magaine | 2011 | |
| 1 | Slant Magazine | 2011 | |
| 2 | Nick Schager | Slant Magazine | 2011 |
| 5 | Matt Singer | IFC News | 2011 |
| 8 | Nigel Smith | indiwWIRE | 2011 |
| 9 | Ryan Stewart | MovieMaker Magazine | 2011 |
| 9 | Sydney Film Critics | 2011 | |
| 8 | Peter Simek | FrontRow | 2011 |
| 5 | Bob Strauss | Daily Breeze | 2011 |
| 6 | Bryan Stamp | indieWIRE | 2011 |
| 2 | Stephen Silver | Norristown Patch | 2011 |
| Tom Storch | Culture Mob | 2011 | |
| 2 | Scott Tobias | AV Club | 2011 |
| 3 | Gabe Toro | The Playlist | 2011 |
| 9 | Rob Thomas | Madison.com | 2011 |
| 7 | Martin Tsai | Critic's Notebook | 2011 |
| 6 | John Thomason | Boca Magazine | 2011 |
| 1 | Keith Uhlich | Time Out New York | 2011 |
| 2 | Elbert Ventura | Reverse Shot | 2011 |
| 5 | Ignatiy Vishnevetsky | indiewire poll | 2011 |
| Richard von Busack | Metroactive | 2011 | |
| 2 | John Von Thaden | indieWIRE | 2011 |
| Sara Viscarrondo | Box Office Magazine | 2011 | |
| 7 | Alison Willmore | AV Club | 2011 |
| 2 | Bill Weber | Slant Magazine | 2011 |
| 1 | Ryan Wu | Skandies | 2011 |
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