| 7 | Robert Abele | LA Times | 2012 |
| 2 | Simon Abrams | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 1 | Kaleem Aftab | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| 3 | The Alamo Drafthouse | | 2012 |
| 7 | Ryland Aldrich | Twitch | 2012 |
| 2 | Mario Alegre | Priera Hora | 2012 |
| 3 | Eric Ambler | Screen Invasions | 2012 |
| 4 | Jason Anderson | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| 3 | Melissa Anderson | Village Voice | 2012 |
| Michael Anderson | Senses of Cinema | 2012 |
| 3 | Ali Arikan | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| 9 | The Art Desk | | 2012 |
| 3 | Raffi Asdourian | The Film Stage | 2012 |
| 8 | Michael Atkinson | IFC | 2012 |
| 1 | Austin Chronicles Poll | | 2012 |
| 4 | AV Club | | 2012 |
| 1 | Sean Axmaker | MSN Movies | 2012 |
| 8 | Jason Bailey | Flavorwire | 2012 |
| 1 | Mariam Bale | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| 1 | Baltimore City Paper | | 2012 |
| 8 | Matthew Barone | Complex.com | 2012 |
| 5 | Monika Baryzel | Movies.com | 2012 |
| 3 | Adam Batty | Hope Lies at 24 Frames Per Second | 2012 |
| 1 | Marjorie Baumgarten | Austin Chronicle | 2012 |
| 5 | Jeff Beck | Examiner | 2012 |
| 1 | Beatrice Behn | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| 5 | Sheila Benson | Seattle Weekly | 2012 |
| 1 | Anna Bielak | Smells Like Screen Spirit | 2012 |
| Pamela Bienzobas | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 7 | Boston Online Film Critics | | 2012 |
| 1 | Christopher Bourne | Twitch | 2012 |
| 1 | Chuck Bowen | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 5 | Peter Bradshaw | The Guardian | 2012 |
| 1 | Richard Brody | The New Yorker | 2012 |
| 8 | Brian Brooks | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 6 | Tom Brueggeman | Thompson on Hollywood | 2012 |
| 6 | Jim Brunzell III | The Optimistic Pessimist | 2012 |
| Ian Buckwalter | After Hours | 2012 |
| 7 | Sean Burns | Philadephia Weekly | 2012 |
| 5 | Ty Burr | Boston Globe | 2012 |
| 3 | Chris Cabin | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 1 | Cahiers Du Cinema | | 2012 |
| 2 | Jesse Cataldo | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 3 | Eleanor Ringel Cater | Saporta Report | 2012 |
| Josh Chaplinsky | Twitch Film | 2012 |
| 9 | Godfrey Cheshire | Metro Magazine | 2012 |
| 10 | Rich Cline | Contact Music.com | 2012 |
| 2 | Matt Cohen | Washington City Paper | 2012 |
| 4 | Oliver Coleman | Front Row Reviews | 2012 |
| 7 | Matthew Connolly | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 2 | John Conomos | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 4 | Adam Cook | MUBI | 2012 |
| 9 | Jake Coyle | Associated Press | 2012 |
| 7 | Criticker | | 2012 |
| 10 | Fernando F. Croce | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 3 | Jordan Cronk | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| Bronwyn Cunningham | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| Tony D'Angela | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 1 | Mike D'Angelo | AV Club | 2012 |
| 8 | David D'Arcy | IndieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| Manohla Dargis | New York Times | 2012 |
| 1 | Dennis Dermody | PaperMag.com | 2012 |
| 7 | Doug Dillaman | Skandies | 2012 |
| 1 | Steve Dollar | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 7 | A.A. Dowd | Time Out Chicago | 2012 |
| 10 | Mark Dujsik | Mark Reviews Movies | 2012 |
| 10 | Nathan Duke | Bayside-Douglaston Patch | 2012 |
| 3 | Bilge Ebiri | New York Magazine | 2012 |
| 5 | William Edwards | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 10 | David Ehrenstein | Keyframe | 2012 |
| 2 | David Ehrlich | Movies.com | 2012 |
| 3 | Gregory Ellwood | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 1 | Jim Emerson | Village Voice Poll | 2012 |
| 4 | Steve Erickson | Gay City News | 2012 |
| 9 | David Faraci | Badass Digest | 2012 |
| Wes Felton | Senses of Cinema | 2012 |
| 8 | Film.com | | 2012 |
| 1 | Film Comment | | 2012 |
| 10 | Fillmicas.com | | 2012 |
| 9 | Film School Rejects Poll | | 2012 |
| 3 | Guy Flatley | indieWire | 2012 |
| 6 | Brian Formo | Huffington Post | 2012 |
| 9 | Scott Foundas | Village Voice | 2012 |
| 1 | Bryant Frazer | Skandies | 2012 |
| 4 | Adam Frazier | Geeks of Doom | 2012 |
| Phillip French | The Observer | 2012 |
| 2 | Kenji Fujishima | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 4 | Graham Fuller | Artinfo | 2012 |
| 7 | Alex Fung | Skandies | 2012 |
| 10 | Patrick Gamble | Cine Vue | 2012 |
| 10 | Ghana News | | 2012 |
| 2 | Michael Ghennam | Les Fiches Du Cinama | 2012 |
| 5 | Todd Gilchrist | Celebuzz.com | 2012 |
| Globe and Mail | Groen and Lacey | 2012 |
| 8 | Matt Goldberg | Collider.com | 2012 |
| 1 | Nicholas Goldberg | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 1 | Lee Goldsmith | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 6 | Andrew Grant | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 2 | Daniel Green | indieWire | 2012 |
| 6 | Steve Greene | Criticwire | 2012 |
| 10 | Tim Grierson | Screen International | 2012 |
| 4 | Jaime Grijalba | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 10 | Larry Gross | Film Comment | 2012 |
| 2 | William Gross | Film.com | 2012 |
| 5 | The Guardian | | 2012 |
| 21 | Peter Gutierrez | The Montclair Times | 2012 |
| 5 | Skander H | Skandies | 2012 |
| 1 | Tomas Hachard | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 2 | Mark Harris | Georgia Straight | 2012 |
| 7 | Jesse Hawthorne Ficks | SF Bay Guardian | 2012 |
| 4 | Patrick Heidmann | Cineman | 2012 |
| 1 | Eric Henderson and Jonathon Sharp | CBS Local Minnesota | 2012 |
| 3 | Eugene Hernandez | Film Society of Lincoln Center | 2012 |
| 1 | Aaron Hillis | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 7 | Jordon Hoffman | Screen Crush | 2012 |
| 6 | Curt Holman | Creative Loafing Atlanta | 2012 |
| 9 | Robert Horton | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 5 | Alexander Horwath | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 1 | Peter Howell | Toronto Star | 2012 |
| David Hudson | Fandor | 2012 |
| 1 | Hulk | Badass Digest | 2012 |
| Evan Husney | Drafthouse Films | 2012 |
| Hydra Mag | | 2012 |
| 1 | Eric Hynes | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| IBN Live | | 2012 |
| 1 | IndieWIRE poll | | 2012 |
| 4 | Jake Jacobson | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 1 | Rachel Jacobson | Skandies | 2012 |
| 8 | Caryn James | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| Doug Jones | Los Angeles Film Festival | 2012 |
| Kent Jones | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 4 | Kimberly Jones | Austin Chronicle | 2012 |
| 7 | James Kaelan | Moviemaker | 2012 |
| 2 | Dominik Kamalzadeh | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 8 | Brad Keefe | Columbus Alive | 2012 |
| 8 | Nicholas Kemp | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 9 | Adam Kempenaar | Filmspotting | 2012 |
| 9 | Glenn Kenny | Village Voice | 2012 |
| 3 | Peter Keough | The Phoenix | 2012 |
| 1 | Jessica Kiang | The Playlist | 2012 |
| 1 | Simon Killen | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 3 | Peter Knegt | IndieWIRE | 2012 |
| 1 | Chris Knipp | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| Robert Koehler | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 1 | Eric Kohn | IndieWIRE | 2012 |
| 6 | Dan Kois | Slate | 2012 |
| 1 | Gary Kramer | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 1 | Manolis Kranakis | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 1 | Adam Kuntavanish | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 9 | L Magazine | | 2012 |
| 4 | Nico Lang | Heave Media | 2012 |
| Sean Lass | Playback StL | 2012 |
| 7 | Eric Lavallee | IONCINEMA.com | 2012 |
| 7 | Travis Leamons | inside Pulse | 2012 |
| 3 | Kevin Lee | indieWire | 2012 |
| 1 | Noah Lee | Film Threat | 2012 |
| 4 | Christy Lemire | Associated Press | 2012 |
| 4 | Diego Lerer | Micropsia | 2012 |
| 5 | Michael Lerman | Philadelphia Film Festival | 2012 |
| 1 | John Lichman | Various | 2012 |
| 2 | Dennis Lim | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 2 | Karina Longworth | Village Voice | 2012 |
| 6 | Phillip Lopate | Film Comment | 2012 |
| 6 | Dylan Marchetti | Variance Films | 2012 |
| 1 | Peter Martin | Twitch | 2012 |
| 6 | Calum Marsh | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| Marian Masone | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 1 | Matt Mazur | Pop Matters | 2012 |
| Jeff McCloud | Skandies | 2012 |
| 6 | Patrick McGavin | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 1 | Drew McWeeny | HitFix | 2012 |
| Metro Pulse | | 2012 |
| 8 | Wesley Morris | The Boston Globe | 2012 |
| 1 | Brent Morrow | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 5 | Jared Moshe | Writer/Director | 2012 |
| 5 | MSN | | 2012 |
| 5 | Kat Murphy | MSN Movies | 2012 |
| 5 | Noel Murray | AV Club | 2012 |
| Loquacious Muse | Film.com | 2012 |
| 8 | V.A. Musetto | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 5 | Adam Nayman | Eye Weekly | 2012 |
| Rob Nelson | Variety | 2012 |
| 7 | Amy Nicholson | Movieline | 2012 |
| 6 | Nictate | Skandies | 2012 |
| 7 | David Ninh | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| David Nugent | Hamptons Internation Festival | 2012 |
| 2 | Andrew O'Hehir | Salon.com | 2012 |
| 1 | Mark Olsen | Los Angeles Times | 2012 |
| 8 | R. Kurt Osenlund | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 1 | Jason Overbeck | Skandies | 2012 |
| 5 | Jeffrey Overstreet | IndieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| Ryan Painter | KUTV | 2012 |
| 8 | Gerald Peary | Boston Phoenix | 2012 |
| 4 | Rodrigo Perez. The Playlist | | 2012 |
| 8 | David Phelps | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 6 | Philadelphia City Paper | | 2012 |
| 10 | Keith Phipps | AV Club | 2012 |
| 1 | Mark Pittillo | Skandies | 2012 |
| 1 | Joseph Pomp | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 10 | Matt Prigge | Philadelphia Weekly | 2012 |
| 10 | James Quandt | Artforum Magazine | 2012 |
| 7 | Peter Rainer | Christian Science Monitor | 2012 |
| 6 | Yair Raveh | cinemascope | 2012 |
| 3 | Scott Renshaw | Skandies | 2012 |
| 5 | Reverse Shot | | 2012 |
| 9 | Katey Rich | Cinema Blend | 2012 |
| 2 | James Rocchi | indieWire poll | 2012 |
| 7 | Jonathan Rosenbaum | indieWire poll | 2012 |
| 5 | Lisa Rosman | indieWire Poll | 2012 |
| 9 | Mike Rubin | Village Voice Poll | 2012 |
| 4 | Mike Ryan | Huffington Post | 2012 |
| 3 | Patrick Ryan | East Valley Tribune | 2012 |
| 5 | Evan Saathoff | Badass Digest | 2012 |
| 7 | Bob Sachs | Chicago Reader | 2012 |
| 2 | Daniel Sarath | Screen Invasions | 2012 |
| 3 | Nick Schager | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 4 | Andrew Schenker | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 2 | Alan Scherstuhl | Village Voice | 2012 |
| 1 | Witney Seibold | Crave Online | 2012 |
| 6 | Jason Shawhan | The Nashville Scene | 2012 |
| 1 | Michael Sicinski | The Academic Hack | 2012 |
| 4 | Sight and Sound | | 2012 |
| 9 | Stephen Silver | Technology Tell | 2012 |
| 2 | Peter Simek | D Magazine | 2012 |
| 7 | Radheyan Simonpillai | NOW Magazine | 2012 |
| 1 | Don Simpson | Smells Like Screen Spirit | 2012 |
| 1 | Matt Singer | IndieWIRE | 2012 |
| 4 | Jesse Skinner | Toro Magazine | 2012 |
| 2 | Slant Magazine | | 2012 |
| 3 | Nigel Smith | Indie Wire | 2012 |
| 3 | Peter Sobczynski | eFilmCritic | 2012 |
| 6 | Jay Stone | Ottawa Citizen | 2012 |
| 9 | Herb Stratford | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 1 | Bob Strauss | Daily Breeze | 2012 |
| 2 | Cedric Succivalli | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 4 | Glenn Sumi | NOW Magazine | 2012 |
| 7 | R. Emmet Sweeney | Film Comment | 2012 |
| 1 | Charles Taylor | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 1 | Drew Taylor | indieWire Poll | 2012 |
| 2 | Anne-Katrin Titze | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 4 | Scott Tobias | AV Club | 2012 |
| 8 | Kezia Tooby | inideWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 4 | Fred Topel | Crave Online | 2012 |
| 1 | Gabe Toro | The Playlist | 2012 |
| Kelly Vance | East Bay Express | 2012 |
| 1 | Elbert Ventura | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| 3 | Village Voice Poll | | 2012 |
| Froilan Vispo | Skandies | 2012 |
| Richard von Busack | Metro Active | 2012 |
| 2 | Lucy Walker | filmmaker | 2012 |
| 2 | Joseph Walsh | CineVue | 2012 |
| 8 | Katie Walsh | Playlist | 2012 |
| 2 | Daniel Waters | Skandies | 2012 |
| 1 | Chase Whale | TwitchFilm.com | 2012 |
| 4 | John Wildman | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 1 | Blake Williams | IONCINEMA.com | 2012 |
| 6 | Alison Willmore | AV Club | 2012 |
| 7 | Norman Wilner | NOW Magazine | 2012 |
| 5 | Chris Wisniewski | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| Andrew Wright | Skandies | 2012 |
| 1 | Ryan Wu | Skandies | 2012 |
| 4 | Jen Yamato | Movieline | 2012 |
| 1 | Stephanie Zacharek | Film.com | 2012 |
| 7 | John Beifuss | Scripps Howard News Service | 2013 |
| 8 | John Beifuss | The Commercial Appeal | 2013 |