| 6 | Ty Landis | Sound On Sight | 2014 |
| 10 | Michael Phillips | Chicago Tribune | 2014 |
| 10 | Melissa Anderson | Miami New Times | 2015 |
| 3 | Miriam Bale | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 9 | Andrew Barker | Variety | 2015 |
| 4 | Matt Barone | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 6 | Chuck Bowen | Slant | 2015 |
| 4 | Richard Brody | New Yorker | 2015 |
| 3 | Sean Burns | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 6 | Ty Burr | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 10 | Matthew Butcher, Skandies | | 2015 |
| 6 | Chris Cabin | Slant | 2015 |
| 5 | Jake Cole | Slant | 2015 |
| 5 | Steve Dollar | village voice | 2015 |
| 3 | Eric (Village Voice) | | 2015 |
| 4 | Cynthia Fuchs | PopMatters | 2015 |
| 7 | Gerber Justin (Consequence of Sound) | | 2015 |
| 3 | Christopher Gray | Slant | 2015 |
| 9 | Brandon Harris | Filmmaker Magazine | 2015 |
| 9 | Aaron Hillis | Village Voice | 2015 |
| 3 | Jordan Hoffman | village voice | 2015 |
| 4 | Ben Kenigsberg | AV Club | 2015 |
| 7 | Glenn Kenny | RogerEbert.com | 2015 |
| Danny King | village voice | 2015 |
| 3 | Eric Kohn | indieWire | 2015 |
| 6 | Jay Kuehner | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 6 | John Lichman | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 7 | Daniel Loria | BoxOffice | 2015 |
| 5 | Mark Lukenbill | village Voice | 2015 |
| 3 | Carson Lund | Slant | 2015 |
| 7 | Dominick Mayer | Consequence of Sound | 2015 |
| 4 | Benjamin Mercer | village voice | 2015 |
| 7 | Sean Mylvihill | village voice | 2015 |
| 2 | Andrew Parker | Toronto Film Scene | 2015 |
| 10 | Ray Pride | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 8 | Matt Prigge | Metro US | 2015 |
| 9 | Jason Roestel | Examiner | 2015 |
| 3 | Joshua Rothkopf | Time Out | 2015 |
| 10 | Don Simpson | Smells Like Screen Spirit | 2015 |
| 6 | Alice Stoehr | village voice | 2015 |
| 5 | R.Emmet Sweeney | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 6 | Scott Tobias | village voice | 2015 |
| 2 | Ethan Vestby | The Film Stage | 2015 |
| Ryan Werner | indiewire | 2015 |
| 10 | Little White Lies | | 2016 |