| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Piers Marchant | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 6 | Seth Needle | indie Wire | 2015 |
| 7 | Shane Scott-Travis | Taste of Cinema | 2015 |
| 1 | Jon Abrams | Village Voice Poll | 2016 |
| Alt Citizen | 2016 | ||
| 9 | Ethan Alter | Yahoo Movies | 2016 |
| 7 | Gabriel Alvarez | Merry Jane | 2016 |
| 9 | Sam Ankenbauer | Bright Lights Film Journal | 2016 |
| Mariana Antunes | Quiet Earth | 2016 | |
| 1 | Rodney Ascher | Talkhouse.com | 2016 |
| 3 | AV Club | 2016 | |
| 9 | Jason Bailey | Flavorwire | 2016 |
| 10 | Baltimore City Paper | 2016 | |
| 3 | Mark Barber | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| John Beifuss | Commercial Appeal | 2016 | |
| 2 | Josh Bell | Las Vegas Weekly | 2016 |
| 8 | Meredith Borders | Birth.Movies.Death | 2016 |
| 6 | Boston Online Film Critic s | 2016 | |
| 8 | David Chen | SlashFilm | 2016 |
| 6 | Bob Chipman | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 10 | Donald Clark | Irish Times | 2016 |
| 2 | Consequence of Sound | 2016 | |
| Gia Coppola | Director | 2016 | |
| Colin Covert | Minneapolis Star Tribune | 2016 | |
| 6 | Cut Print Film | 2016 | |
| 7 | Michael Da Silva | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 4 | William Dass | Film School Rejects | 2016 |
| 2 | Ryan Davis | Alamo Drafthouse | 2016 |
| 5 | Steve Davis | Austin Chronicle | 2016 |
| 3 | The DePaulia | 2016 | |
| 10 | Kyle Dilla | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 4 | Doug Dilliman | Skandies | 2016 |
| 4 | Matt Donato | We Got This | 2016 |
| 4 | AA Dowd | AV | 2016 |
| 7 | Marc Doyle | Metacritic | 2016 |
| 6 | Mark Dujsik | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| Sean Egan | The Villager | 2016 | |
| 10 | Empire Magazine | 2016 | |
| Bill Everhart | Berkshire Eagle | 2016 | |
| 2 | Cory Everett | The Playlist | 2016 |
| 3 | Morgan | Factual Opinion | 2016 |
| 5 | Sean | Factual Opinion | 2016 |
| 2 | Tucker | Factual Opinion | 2016 |
| 9 | Mihi Fadnavis | First Post | 2016 |
| 6 | Mark Farnsworth | Global Comment | 2016 |
| 9 | David Fear | Rolling Stone | 2016 |
| 5 | Veronika Ferdman | Skandies | 2016 |
| 3 | Jay | Film Junk | 2016 |
| 4 | Film School Rejects | 2016 | |
| Flood | 2016 | ||
| 7 | Haleigh Foutch | Collider | 2016 |
| 10 | Bryant Frazer | Skandies | 2016 |
| 6 | Adam Frazier | Geeks of Doom | 2016 |
| 1 | Ted Geoghegan | Talk House | 2016 |
| 1 | John Gholson | Movies.com | 2016 |
| 5 | James Gorber | Screen Anarchy | 2016 |
| 5 | Vincent Grashaw | Talk House | 2016 |
| 3 | Steve Greene | IndieWIre | 2016 |
| 8 | Tony Guerrero | Game Spot | 2016 |
| 4 | Brad Gullickson | Film School Rejects | 2016 |
| 8 | Michael Haffner | We Are Movie Geeks | 2016 |
| 8 | Jacob Hall | Slash Film | 2016 |
| 9 | Brandon Harris | VICE | 2016 |
| 3 | Jesse Hassenger | AV Club | 2016 |
| 2 | Barry Hertz | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| Chris Hewitt | St. Paul Pioneer Press | 2016 | |
| 4 | Colin Hill | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 8 | H. Perry Horton | Film School Rejects | 2016 |
| 9 | Robert Horton | Seattle Weekly | 2016 |
| 7 | Drew Hunt | Spectrum Culture | 2016 |
| 4 | Rob Hunter | Film School Rejects | 2016 |
| 3 | Tim Jackson | Arts Fuse | 2016 |
| Richard T. Jameson | Parallax View | 2016 | |
| 7 | Matt Johnson | Director | 2016 |
| 7 | John Keefer | 51deep.com | 2016 |
| 5 | Chris Kelly | Director | 2016 |
| 1 | Alec Kubas-Meyer | Flixist | 2016 |
| 9 | Josh Kupecki | Austin Chronicle | 2016 |
| 5 | Sarah Lang | Skandies | 2016 |
| Scott Lewis | Indie88 | 2016 | |
| 3 | Clay Liford | Talk House | 2016 |
| 6 | Brent Lindquist | Ferndale Record | 2016 |
| 3 | Adrian Mack | Georgia Straight | 2016 |
| 9 | Chase Magnett | ComicBook.com | 2016 |
| 8 | Devin Mainville | Chicago Now | 2016 |
| 6 | Jonathan Malloy | The Omega | 2016 |
| 10 | Vince Mancini | Uproxx | 2016 |
| 8 | Fernando Martinez | Film Society | 2016 |
| 8 | Aleksey Matviyenko | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 2 | Brent McKnight | The Last Thing I See | 2016 |
| Peter Merriman | Toronto Film Review | 2016 | |
| 8 | Michael Mohan | Talk House | 2016 |
| 7 | Adam Egypt Mortimer | Talk House | 2016 |
| 6 | Movie Waffler | 2016 | |
| 7 | Sean Mulvihill | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 5 | Noel Murray | IndieWiRE | 2016 |
| Ashley Naftule | Film Bar | 2016 | |
| 8 | Oklahoma Film Critics | 2016 | |
| 2 | Zac Oldenburg | Having Said That | 2016 |
| 5 | Jacob Oller | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 10 | Ryan Painter WJLA | Washington DC | 2016 |
| 9 | Alex Ross Perry | Talk House | 2016 |
| 8 | The Playlist | 2016 | |
| PopCrush | 2016 | ||
| 6 | Joel Potrykus | Talk House | 2016 |
| 2 | CJ Prince | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 6 | Tom Quinn | indieWIre | 2016 |
| 8 | Zach Ralston | Skandies | 2016 |
| Real Clear Life | 2016 | ||
| 2 | Calvin Reeder | Talk House | 2016 |
| 4 | Katie Rife | AV Club | 2016 |
| Jake Roberts | Glide Magazine | 2016 | |
| 7 | Todd Rohal | Talk House | 2016 |
| 10 | Nick Rudow | 89.9 FM | 2016 |
| 2 | Evan Saathoff | BirthMoviesDeath | 2016 |
| 8 | Jodie Safdie | Director | 2016 |
| 3 | Nick Schager | Yahoo Movies | 2016 |
| 10 | Daniel Schindel | The Film Stage | 2016 |
| 3 | Conner Schwerdtfeger | CinemaBlend | 2016 |
| 10 | John Serba | Mlive | 2016 |
| 5 | Meg Shields | Film School Rejects | 2016 |
| 2 | David Shreve | Audiences Everywhere | 2016 |
| 4 | Amie Simon | Three Imaginary Girls | 2016 |
| 5 | Jim Slotek | Pincher Creek Echo | 2016 |
| 7 | Jeremy Smith | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 4 | Eric D. Snider | Salt Lake Weekly | 2016 |
| 6 | Brian Tallerico | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 9 | Rob Thomas | Capital Times | 2016 |
| Stewart Thorndike | Talk House | 2016 | |
| 5 | Rob Trench | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| Tribeca Shortlist | 2016 | ||
| 6 | Jeff Turner | Uno The Gateway | 2016 |
| 4 | Scott Wampler | Birth.Movies.Death | 2016 |
| 7 | Ciara Wardlow | Film School Rejects | 2016 |
| 8 | Tucker Warner | Freelance Star | 2016 |
| 1 | Sarah Watt | Sunday Star-Times | 2016 |
| 9 | Cameron Williams | Popcorn Junkie | 2016 |
| 9 | Chuck Wilson | Village Voice | 2016 |
| Stephen Winter | Talk House | 2016 | |
| Wired Staff | 2016 | ||
| 6 | Andrew Wright | The Stranger | 2016 |
| 7 | Jen Yamato | The Daily Beast | 2016 |
| 5 | Alan Zilberman | Roger Ebert.com | 2016 |