| Roger Abele | Village Voice Poll | 2016 |
| Beth Accomando | KPBS | 2016 |
| 5 | Sam Adams | Slate | 2016 |
| 7 | David Ansen | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 6 | Rodney Ascher | Talkhouse.com | 2016 |
| 7 | Lindsey Bahr | AP | 2016 |
| 6 | Marjorie Baumgarten | Austin Chronicle | 2016 |
| 5 | Danny Bowes | Film School Rejects | 2016 |
| 4 | Brian Brooks | Film Society of Lincoln | 2016 |
| 9 | Ty Burr | Boston Globe | 2016 |
| 4 | Peter Canavese | Palo Alto | 2016 |
| 1 | Clay Cane | BET | 2016 |
| 8 | Justin Chang | Los Angeles Times | 2016 |
| 7 | Godfrey Cheshire | ROgerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 10 | Daryl Chin | Documents on Art & Cinema | 2016 |
| 2 | Ashley Clark | Film Comment | 2016 |
| 4 | Jake Coyle | AP | 2016 |
| 6 | Manohla Dargis | New York Times | 2016 |
| Ezra Edelman | Director | 2016 |
| 9 | Steve Erickson | Gay City News | 2016 |
| 10 | Stephen Farber | Hollywood Reporter | 2016 |
| Felicia Feaster | AJC | 2016 |
| 1 | Cynthia Fuchs | PopMatters | 2016 |
| 3 | Nelson George | Talk House | 2016 |
| 9 | Caroline Giroux | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 4 | Owen Gleiberman | Variety | 2016 |
| Ian Harnarine | Talk House | 2016 |
| 9 | Hunter Harris | Vulture | 2016 |
| 7 | Peter Hartlaub | San Francisco Chronicle | 2016 |
| 7 | Odie Henderson | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 4 | Eugene Hernandez | Village Voice | 2016 |
| Yue Huang | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| Alex Hunter | Film Society | 2016 |
| Kate Hurwitz | Cinetic Media | 2016 |
| 6 | Ren Jender | Village Voice | 2016 |
| Kent Jones | Film Comment | 2016 |
| 1 | Anita Katz | San Francscio Examiner | 2016 |
| 8 | Lisa Kennedy | Denver Post | 2016 |
| 7 | Oktay Ege Kozak | The Playlist | 2016 |
| Ryan Krivoshey | Grasshopper Film | 2016 |
| 8 | Kevin Lally | Film Journal International | 2016 |
| Craig Lindsey | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 5 | Yehudit Mam | I've Had it With Hollywood | 2016 |
| 8 | Vince Mancini | Uproxx | 2016 |
| 8 | Cate Marquis | We Are Movie Geeks | 2016 |
| 5 | Todd McCarthy | Hollywood Reporter | 2016 |
| 6 | Jared Mobarak | The Film Stage | 2016 |
| Bob Mondello | NPR | 2016 |
| Oren Moverman | Director | 2016 |
| 7 | Pat Mullen | POV Magazine | 2016 |
| 7 | John Powers | Vogue | 2016 |
| 2 | Tom Quinn | indieWIre | 2016 |
| 7 | Nicolas Rapold | Film Comment | 2016 |
| 2 | B Ruby Rich | Film Quarterly | 2016 |
| 3 | Rejendra Roy | indieWIRE | 2016 |
| 4 | Mike Rubin | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 6 | Dan Schoenbrun | Filmmaker Magazine | 2016 |
| David Schwartz | indiewire | 2016 |
| 8 | Jason Shawhan | The Nashville Scene | 2016 |
| 6 | Dan Shoebrun | Film Maker Magazine | 2016 |
| 10 | Stephen Silver | Splice Today | 2016 |
| 2 | Courtney Small | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 5 | Jeremy Smith | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 5 | Cole Smithey | Forbes | 2016 |
| Ula Sniegowska | indieWIRE | 2016 |
| 5 | Amy Taubin | Artforum | 2016 |
| 5 | Mayuran Tiruchelvam | Talk House | 2016 |
| 6 | Michael Tully | Hammer to Nail | 2016 |
| 2 | Kenneth Turan | Los Angeles Times | 2016 |
| Giulia D'Angolo Vallan | Film Comment | 2016 |
| John Vanco | IFC Center | 2016 |
| Rebecca Williamson | Film Society | 2016 |
| 4 | Jen Yamato | The Daily Beast | 2016 |
| 2 | Alan Zilberman | Roger Ebert.com | 2016 |
| Florence Almozini | Lincolm Film Center | 2017 |
| Marko Balaban | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 7 | Boca Magazine | | 2017 |
| 9 | Chuck Bowen | Slant | 2017 |
| Julian Carrington | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 1 | Denis Cote | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 10 | Cary Darling | Houston Chronicle | 2017 |
| Elle | | 2017 |
| 6 | Matt Fagerholm | RogerEbert.com | 2017 |
| 5 | Kenji Fujishima | Slant | 2017 |
| 5 | Ed Gonzalez | Slant Magazine | 2017 |
| 4 | Indy Week | | 2017 |
| 9 | Arnold Wayne Jones | Dallas Voice | 2017 |
| 2 | JR Jones | The Reader | 2017 |
| 2 | Sean Patrick Kelly | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| Ken Korman | New Orleans Gambit | 2017 |
| 10 | Peter Labuza | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| Adam Litovitz | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 8 | Tim Miller | Cape Cod Times | 2017 |
| 9 | Sean Mott | Medium | 2017 |
| 6 | Elise Nakhnikian | Slant | 2017 |
| 7 | Sophia Nguyen | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 7 | Kevin Rakestraw | Film Pulse | 2017 |
| 4 | A.O. Scott | New York Times | 2017 |
| 9 | Diego Semerene | Slant | 2017 |
| The Stranger | | 2017 |
| 9 | Rob Thomas | Madison Cap Times | 2017 |
| 1 | Lara Zarum | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |