| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Simon Abrams | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 6 | Sam Adams | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| 5 | Joseph J. Airdo | Arizona Weekly | 2012 |
| 5 | Jeffrey M Anderson | MCN | 2012 |
| 10 | Phil Bacharach | Oklahoma Gazette | 2012 |
| 10 | Tom Brueggeman | Thompson on Hollywood | 2012 |
| 4 | Sean Burns | Philadephia Weekly | 2012 |
| Celluloid Liberation Front | 2012 | ||
| Josh Chaplinsky | Twitch Film | 2012 | |
| 2 | Oliver Coleman | Front Row Reviews | 2012 |
| 5 | John Conomos | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| Tony D'Angela | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 | |
| 3 | David D'Arcy | IndieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| DailyCandy.com | 2012 | ||
| John Dorman | Journal Register | 2012 | |
| 7 | James Eppler | Fox 34 | 2012 |
| 8 | Bryant Frazer | Skandies | 2012 |
| 10 | Adam Frazier | Geeks of Doom | 2012 |
| 5 | Michael Ghennam | Les Fiches Du Cinama | 2012 |
| Anthony Ginnane | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 | |
| 5 | Chiranjit Goswami | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 4 | Skander H | Skandies | 2012 |
| 8 | Tomas Hachard | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| Dennis Hartley | Hullabaloo | 2012 | |
| 5 | Kirk Haviland | Examiner | 2012 |
| 7 | Kalvin Henely | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 7 | Ron Humanick | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| Evan Husney | Drafthouse Films | 2012 | |
| Dan Kane | CantonRep.com | 2012 | |
| 5 | Adam Kempenaar | Filmspotting | 2012 |
| Sean Lass | Playback StL | 2012 | |
| 4 | Eric Lavallee | IONCINEMA.com | 2012 |
| 3 | Travis Leamons | inside Pulse | 2012 |
| 7 | Will Leitch | Deadspin | 2012 |
| 2 | Daniel Loria | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 8 | Vince Mancini | Film Drunk | 2012 |
| 4 | Dominick Mayer | Heavemedia.com | 2012 |
| 4 | Eric Melin | LJ World | 2012 |
| Metro Pulse | 2012 | ||
| 8 | Adam Nayman | Eye Weekly | 2012 |
| 5 | Nictate | Skandies | 2012 |
| 9 | Nathan Rabin | AV Club | 2012 |
| 1 | Robert Saucedo | Badass Digest | 2012 |
| 8 | Mike Scott | The Times-Picayune | 2012 |
| 7 | John Semley | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 5 | Jesse Skinner | Toro Magazine | 2012 |
| 10 | Cam Smith | Beatroute | 2012 |
| 10 | Joshua Starnes | ComingSoon.net | 2012 |
| 10 | Glenn Sumi | NOW Magazine | 2012 |
| 5 | Keith Uhlich | Time Out New York | 2012 |
| Kelly Vance | East Bay Express | 2012 | |
| 10 | Joseph Walsh | CineVue | 2012 |
| 5 | John Waters | Artforum | 2012 |
| 8 | Westminster | 2012 | |
| 4 | Budd Wilkins | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 5 | Alex Williams | Daily Texan | 2012 |
| 6 | Alan Zilberman | Washington City Paper | 2012 |