| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Geoff Andrew | Senses of Cienma Poll | 2012 |
| 5 | Raffi Asdourian | The Film Stage | 2012 |
| Tom Bernard | Sony Pictures Classic | 2012 | |
| 9 | Jason Overbeck | Skandies | 2012 |
| 5 | Jeffrey M. Anderson | Combustible Celluloid | 2013 |
| 7 | Ali Arikan | RogerEbert.com | 2013 |
| 8 | John Beifuss | Scripps Howard News Service | 2013 |
| 2 | Josh Bell | Las Vegas Weekly | 2013 |
| 9 | John Beifuss | The Commercial Appeal | 2013 |
| 7 | Chris Bourne | Twitch | 2013 |
| 6 | Chuck Bowen | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 2 | Richard Brody | The New Yorker | 2013 |
| 6 | Joshua Brunsting | CriterionCast | 2013 |
| 1 | Chris Cabin | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 10 | Godfrey Cheshire | RogerEbert.com | 2013 |
| 2 | Jamie N. Christley | indieWIRE poll | 2013 |
| Rob Christopher | Chicagoist | 2013 | |
| 9 | Jake Cole | Movie Mezzanine | 2013 |
| 5 | Fernando F. Croce | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 4 | Jordan Cronk | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 3 | Brian Darr | 2013 | |
| 11 | Neal Dhand | 21st Century Media News Service | 2013 |
| 2 | James Blake Ewing | Movie Mezzanine | 2013 |
| 1 | Kenji Fujishima | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 4 | Alex Fung | Skandies | 2013 |
| 4 | Skander H | Skandies | 2013 |
| 1 | Glen Heath Jr. | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 4 | Jeremy Heilman | Skandies | 2013 |
| 1 | Tony G. Huang | Skandies | 2013 |
| 6 | Eric Hynes | Village Voice | 2013 |
| 7 | Richard T. Jameson | Parrallax View | 2013 |
| 10 | Glenn Kenny | Some Came Running | 2013 |
| 8 | Michael Koresky | Reverse Shot | 2013 |
| 2 | Dennis Lim | indieWIRE poll | 2013 |
| Karina Longworth | Village Voice | 2013 | |
| 7 | Phillip Lopate | Film Comment | 2013 |
| 10 | Matthew Lucas | The Dispatch | 2013 |
| 3 | Steve Macfarlane | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 10 | Calum Marsh | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 7 | Kristi Mitsuda | Indiewire Poll | 2013 |
| 9 | Angelo Muredda | Film Freak Central | 2013 |
| 3 | V.A. Musetto | New York Post | 2013 |
| 3 | Nictate | Skandies | 2013 |
| 3 | Scott Nye | Battleship Pretension | 2013 |
| 2 | Pat Padua | Dcist | 2013 |
| 6 | Nick Pinkerton | Sundance NOW | 2013 |
| 7 | Scott Pollard | InSession Film | 2013 |
| 7 | Scott Renshaw | Inlander | 2013 |
| 5 | Reverse Shot | 2013 | |
| 4 | Vadim Rizov | Indiewire Poll | 2013 |
| 10 | Brian Robertson | The Seventh Art | 2013 |
| 9 | Mike Rubin | Vilage Voice Poll | 2013 |
| 1 | Andrew Schenker | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 5 | Slant Magazine | Entire Staff | 2013 |
| 5 | Andreas Stoehr | Village Voice Poll | 2013 |
| 7 | Anne-Katrin Titze | Eye for Film | 2013 |
| 7 | Gabe Toro | The Playlist | 2013 |
| 3 | Blake Williams | IONCINEMA.com | 2013 |
| 6 | Ryan Wu | Skandies | 2013 |
| 5 | Alexandra Zawia | Village Voice poll | 2013 |