| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Thelma Adams | US Weekly | 2012 |
| 8 | The Alamo Drafthouse | 2012 | |
| 8 | Ethan Anderton | FirstShowing.net | 2012 |
| 4 | Austin Chronicles Poll | 2012 | |
| 2 | Marjorie Baumgarten | Austin Chronicle | 2012 |
| 2 | Jeff Bayer | The Scorecard Review | 2012 |
| 2 | Jeff Beck | Examiner | 2012 |
| 1 | Meredith Borders | Badass Digest | 2012 |
| 10 | Boston Online Film Critics | 2012 | |
| 7 | Phil Branch | What Culture | 2012 |
| 1 | Patrick Broadnax | Examiner | 2012 |
| 8 | Joshua Brunsting | Criterion Cast | 2012 |
| 6 | Adam Carver | Examiner | 2012 |
| 6 | Erik Childress | eFilmCritic | 2012 |
| 2 | Bob Chipman | The Escapist | 2012 |
| 9 | Jaime N. Christley | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 3 | Tom Cliff | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 4 | Dave Cowen | Skandies | 2012 |
| 7 | Dennis Dermody | PaperMag.com | 2012 |
| 9 | Bill Desowitz | Thompson on Hollywood | 2012 |
| 1 | Ned Ehrbar | Metro.us | 2012 |
| 4 | Eric Eisenberg | Cinemablend | 2012 |
| 4 | Gregory Ellwood | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 4 | James Eppler | Fox 34 | 2012 |
| 6 | David Faraci | Badass Digest | 2012 |
| 8 | Film School Rejects Poll | 2012 | |
| 5 | Matt Goldberg | Collider.com | 2012 |
| 6 | William Gross | Film.com | 2012 |
| Hollywood.com | 2012 | ||
| Houston Film Critics | 2012 | ||
| 10 | Hulk | Badass Digest | 2012 |
| 10 | Kimberly Jones | Austin Chronicle | 2012 |
| 4 | William Kerns | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal | 2012 |
| 2 | Jonathan Lack | We Got This Covered | 2012 |
| Sean Lass | Playback StL | 2012 | |
| 10 | Steven Lebowitz | Examiner | 2012 |
| 8 | Noah Lee | Film Threat | 2012 |
| 5 | Kristin LeMunyon | hypable.com | 2012 |
| Miles Marshall Lewis | Ebony | 2012 | |
| 8 | Tom Long | Detroit News | 2012 |
| 1 | Germain Lussier | Slashfilm | 2012 |
| 2 | Dylan Marchetti | Variance Films | 2012 |
| 1 | Matt Mazur | Pop Matters | 2012 |
| 3 | Henri Mazza | Baddass Digest | 2012 |
| 1 | Beau McCoy | Film Experience | 2012 |
| 3 | Drew McWeeny | HitFix | 2012 |
| 9 | Eric Melin | LJ World | 2012 |
| 4 | Danny Miller | MSN Movies | 2012 |
| 8 | J.J. Miller | Based on Nothing | 2012 |
| 9 | Tim Miller | the Cape Cod Times | 2012 |
| 2 | Marc Mohan | Oregon Live | 2012 |
| Loquacious Muse | Film.com | 2012 | |
| 7 | Parvathi Nayar | The Hindu | 2012 |
| 9 | Sean O'Connell | CinemaBlend.com | 2012 |
| Joe O'Shansky | Urban Tulsa | 2012 | |
| 9 | David Poland | Moviecitynews | 2012 |
| 6 | Dorothy Pomerantz | Forbes | 2012 |
| 4 | Mark Rabinowitz | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 10 | Peter Reiher | Skandies | 2012 |
| 7 | Katey Rich | Cinema Blend | 2012 |
| 4 | Mike Russell | Oregonian | 2012 |
| 1 | Tom Santilli | Detroit Examiner | 2012 |
| 4 | Robert Saucedo | Badass Digest | 2012 |
| 2 | Jason Shawhan | The Nashville Scene | 2012 |
| Christopher Sikich | Senses of Cinema | 2012 | |
| 6 | Jesse Skinner | Toro Magazine | 2012 |
| 7 | Nigel Smith | Indie Wire | 2012 |
| 1 | Brad Sturdivant | Flix 66 | 2012 |
| 9 | Cedric Succivalli | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 9 | Ken Syme | Examiner.com | 2012 |
| 8 | Drew Taylor | indieWire Poll | 2012 |
| 4 | Dave Trumbore | Collider.com | 2012 |
| 2 | Bryan VanCampen | ithaca.com | 2012 |
| 1 | James Ward | Visalia Times-Delta | 2012 |
| 8 | Scott Weinberg | GeekNation | 2012 |
| 1 | Jason Whyte | eFilmCritic | 2012 |
| 3 | Alex Williams | Daily Texan | 2012 |
| Calvin Wilson | St Louis Today | 2012 | |
| 5 | Yahoo! Movies | 2012 | |
| 8 | Jean-Sebastien Chauvin | Cashiers du Cinema | 2013 |
| 7 | French Premiere | 2013 | |
| 4 | Inrockuptibles Magazine | 2013 | |
| 7 | Florence Maillard | Cashiers du Cinema | 2013 |