| 10 | Sam Allard | Cleveland Scene | 2014 |
| 6 | Melissa Anderson | Artforum | 2014 |
| 9 | Michael Atkinson | Village Voice | 2014 |
| 3 | Jeff Baker | Oregon Live | 2014 |
| 4 | Marjorie Baumgarten | Austin Chroncile | 2014 |
| 8 | Max BledStein | Sound on Sight | 2014 |
| Richard Bonaduce | Salt Lake Magazine | 2014 |
| 10 | Liz Braun | Toronto Sun | 2014 |
| 8 | Kurt Brokaw | Independent Magazine | 2014 |
| 4 | Brian Brooks | indiewire poll | 2014 |
| 6 | Tom Brook | BBC | 2014 |
| 8 | Bill Brownstein | Montreal Gazette | 2014 |
| 4 | Jim Brunzell | Twin Cities Daily Planet | 2014 |
| 4 | Ty Burr | Boston Globe | 2014 |
| 3 | Josh Cabrita | The Now News | 2014 |
| 9 | Michael Calleri | Niagara Gazette | 2014 |
| 8 | Christopher Campbell | Movies.com | 2014 |
| 8 | Peter Canavese | Palo Alto Weekly | 2014 |
| 1 | Godfrey Cheshire | RogerEbert.com | 2014 |
| 6 | Erik Childress | RogerEbert.com | 2014 |
| 1 | Daryl Chin | Documenta on Art & Cinema | 2014 |
| 6 | CineSnob.net | | 2014 |
| 7 | Rich Cline | Contact Music | 2014 |
| 4 | Complex | | 2014 |
| 7 | Michael Compton | Bowlingr Green Daily News | 2014 |
| 8 | Richard Corliss | Time Magazine | 2014 |
| Max Covill | Sound On Sight | 2014 |
| 2 | Brian Darr | | 2014 |
| Duane Dudek | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | 2014 |
| 1 | T'Cha Dunlevy | Montreal Gazette | 2014 |
| Tressa Eckermann | Sound On Sight | 2014 |
| 7 | David Edelstein | Vulture | 2014 |
| 11 | Ken Eisner | Georgia Straight | 2014 |
| Devin Faraci | Badass Digest | 2014 |
| 8 | Isaac Feldberg | We Got This Covered | 2014 |
| 7 | Film Comment | | 2014 |
| 5 | Bob Fischbach | Omaha World-Herald | 2014 |
| 2 | Scott Foundas | Variety | 2014 |
| 1 | Jim Fouratt | WestView News | 2014 |
| 9 | Jason Fraley | Washington's Top News | 2014 |
| 1 | Cynthia Fuchs | Pop Matters | 2014 |
| 5 | Susan Gerhard | indiewire poll | 2014 |
| 7 | William Goss | Austin Chronicle | 2014 |
| Pete Vonder Haar | Houston Press | 2014 |
| 7 | Dana Harris | Indiewire | 2014 |
| 7 | Jeremy Heilman | Skandies | 2014 |
| 1 | Eugene Hernandez | Film Society | 2014 |
| 4 | Stephen Holden | New York Times | 2014 |
| 1 | Laura Holtenbrinck | Sound on Sight | 2014 |
| 3 | Ann Hornaday | The Washington Post | 2014 |
| 10 | Simon Howell | Sound On Sight | 2014 |
| 3 | David Hudson | Fandor Keyframe | 2014 |
| 2 | Drew Hunt | Chicago Reader | 2014 |
| 3 | David Jackman | Full Time Whistle | 2014 |
| 7 | Brian D. Johnson | Macleans | 2014 |
| 4 | Arnold Wayne Jones | Dallas Voice | 2014 |
| 7 | iDigital Times | | 2014 |
| 1 | Anita Katz | The San Francisco Chronicle | 2014 |
| 4 | Nelson Kim | indiewire poll | 2014 |
| 8 | Jerrod Kingery | CineSnob | 2014 |
| Lesli Klainberg | Film Society of Lincoln Center | 2014 |
| 6 | Joyce Kulhawik | Joyce's Choices | 2014 |
| 4 | Richard Lawson | Vanity Fair | 2014 |
| 5 | Kevin Lee | Keyframe | 2014 |
| 7 | Kiko Martinez | CineSnob | 2014 |
| 9 | Marsha McCreadie | Film Journal International | 2014 |
| 7 | Robert McNeil | The Matinee | 2014 |
| 7 | Jenni Miller | Cinematical | 2014 |
| Jana Monji | RogerEbert.com | 2014 |
| 3 | Joe Morgenstern | Wall Street Journal | 2014 |
| 3 | Wesley Morris | Grantland | 2014 |
| 2 | Rob Nelson | Minneapolis Star Tribune | 2014 |
| Newsweek | | 2014 |
| 4 | Joe O'Shanksky | Tulsa Voice | 2014 |
| 10 | Mark Olsen | Los Angeles Times | 2014 |
| 7 | Andrew Parker | Dork Shelf | 2014 |
| 10 | Jon Plaut | New Jersey Independent Press | 2014 |
| Nicolas Rapold | L Magazine | 2014 |
| 8 | Katey Rich | Vanity Fair | 2014 |
| Carrie Rickey | CarrieRickey.com | 2014 |
| 2 | Jonathan Rosenbaum | JonathanRosenbaum.com | 2014 |
| 2 | Mike Rubin | Village Voice | 2014 |
| 4 | Marc Savlov | Austin Chronicle | 2014 |
| 3 | A.O. Scott | New York Times | 2014 |
| 3 | Mike Scott | NOLA.com | 2014 |
| 5 | Michael D. Smith | C Metropolis | 2014 |
| 5 | Marlo Stern | The Daily Beast | 2014 |
| 5 | TT Stern-Enzi | City Beat | 2014 |
| 9 | Shawn Stone | WAMC | 2014 |
| 10 | Glenn Sumi | NOW | 2014 |
| Katie Turner | Sound On Sight | 2014 |
| 6 | Lynn Venhaus | Belleville News-Democrat | 2014 |
| 8 | Vern | Outlawvern.com | 2014 |
| 7 | Cody Villafana | CineSnob | 2014 |
| 3 | Daniel Walber | Film School Rejects | 2014 |
| 4 | David Walsh | indiewire poll | 2014 |
| 8 | Katie Walsh | The Playlist | 2014 |
| Brian Welk | Sound On Sight | 2014 |
| 10 | Zachary Wigon | Village Voice | 2014 |
| Joe Williams | St. Louis Dispatch | 2014 |
| Anders Wright | U-T San Diego | 2014 |
| 8 | Zara Zhi | San Francisco Live Online | 2014 |