| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
| 5 | Ela Bittencourt | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 5 | Chuck Bowen | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 6 | Brian Brooks | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 7 | Joshua Brunsting | Criterion Cast | 2012 |
| 8 | Tom Carlson | GQ | 2012 |
| 7 | Diego Costa | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 7 | Cara Cusumano | Tribeca Fim Festival | 2012 |
| 4 | David D'Arcy | IndieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| Wheeler Dixon | Senses of Cinema | 2012 |
| 9 | A.A. Dowd | Time Out Chicago | 2012 |
| 7 | David Edelstein | Vulture.com | 2012 |
| 5 | David Ehrenstein | Keyframe | 2012 |
| 9 | Steve Erickson | Gay City News | 2012 |
| Marshall Fine | Hollywood & Fine | 2012 |
| Alison Gang | UT San Diego | 2012 |
| Michael Gibbons | Lincoln Film Center | 2012 |
| 5 | Chris Heller | Metro Weekly | 2012 |
| 8 | Kalvin Henely | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 8 | Stephen Holden | New York Times | 2012 |
| 5 | Rachel Jacobson | Skandies | 2012 |
| 3 | Nicholas Kemp | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 8 | Peter Knegt | IndieWIRE | 2012 |
| 3 | Gary Kramer | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| Richard Lawson | The Atlantic Wire | 2012 |
| Marian Masone | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 5 | Tom Meek | Boston Phoenix | 2012 |
| 8 | Carla Meyer | The Sacramento Bee | 2012 |
| 2 | Wesley Morris | The Boston Globe | 2012 |
| 3 | Jared Moshe | Writer/Director | 2012 |
| 7 | Brian Moylan | Hollywood.com | 2012 |
| 10 | MSN | | 2012 |
| 7 | R. Kurt Osenlund | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 2 | Frank Palva | MSN Movies | 2012 |
| 10 | Bryce Renninger | IndieWIRE | 2012 |
| 8 | Markus Robinson | Examiner | 2012 |
| 5 | James Rocchi | indieWire poll | 2012 |
| 3 | Lisa Rosman | indieWire Poll | 2012 |
| 3 | Joshua Rothkopf | Time Out New York | 2012 |
| 3 | Rob Scheer | Brigade Marketing | 2012 |
| 10 | Lisa Schwarzbaum | Entertainment Weekly | 2012 |
| 8 | Nigel Smith | Indie Wire | 2012 |
| 5 | Benjamin Solomon | NEXT | 2012 |
| Dana Stevens | Slate | 2012 |
| 6 | Michael Tully | Hammer to Nail | 2012 |
| 2 | Katie Walsh | Playlist | 2012 |
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