| 3 | Robert Abele | LA Times | 2012 |
| 6 | Simon Abrams | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 1 | Sam Adams | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| 9 | African American Film Critics Association | | 2012 |
| 4 | The Alamo Drafthouse | | 2012 |
| 9 | Ryland Aldrich | Twitch | 2012 |
| 5 | Mario Alegre | Priera Hora | 2012 |
| 1 | Al Alexander | Taunton Daily Gazette | 2012 |
| 2 | Ethan Alter | Television Without Pity | 2012 |
| American Film Institute | | 2012 |
| Michael Anderson | Senses of Cinema | 2012 |
| 1 | David Ansen | Newsweek | 2012 |
| 7 | Ali Arikan | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| 10 | Austin Chronicles Poll | | 2012 |
| 3 | AV Club | | 2012 |
| 3 | Sean Axmaker | MSN Movies | 2012 |
| 1 | Phil Bacharach | Oklahoma Gazette | 2012 |
| 5 | Jason Bailey | Flavorwire | 2012 |
| 4 | Michael Balderston | Examiner | 2012 |
| Debbie Baldwin | Ladue News | 2012 |
| 3 | Mariam Bale | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| 10 | Jeremy Baril | hypable.com | 2012 |
| 5 | Linda Barnard | Toronto Star | 2012 |
| 8 | Zach Baron | Grantland | 2012 |
| 9 | Matthew Barone | Complex.com | 2012 |
| 9 | Monika Baryzel | Movies.com | 2012 |
| 6 | Adam Batty | Hope Lies at 24 Frames Per Second | 2012 |
| 3 | Jeff Bayer | The Scorecard Review | 2012 |
| 1 | John Beifuss | Memphis Commercial Appeal | 2012 |
| 2 | Joe Belcastro | Shockya | 2012 |
| Mark Bell | Film Threat | 2012 |
| Tom Bernard | Sony Pictures Classic | 2012 |
| Matt Bolish | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 4 | Meredith Borders | Badass Digest | 2012 |
| 4 | Boston Online Film Critics | | 2012 |
| 10 | Matt Brennan | Thompson on Hollywood | 2012 |
| 2 | Brad Brevet | Rope of Sillicon | 2012 |
| 1 | Richard Brody | The New Yorker | 2012 |
| 9 | Jim Brunzell III | The Optimistic Pessimist | 2012 |
| Ian Buckwalter | After Hours | 2012 |
| 1 | Sean Burns | Philadephia Weekly | 2012 |
| 4 | Ty Burr | Boston Globe | 2012 |
| 2 | Chris Cabin | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 2 | Fico Cangiano | CineXpress | 2012 |
| 5 | Tom Carlson | GQ | 2012 |
| 4 | Adam Carver | Examiner | 2012 |
| 9 | Central Film Critics | | 2012 |
| 7 | Channel 24 | | 2012 |
| 1 | Adam Chitwood | Collider.com | 2012 |
| 9 | Barry Chong | Toro Magazine | 2012 |
| 2 | Jaime N. Christley | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| Cineplex.com | | 2012 |
| 7 | Cody Clark | Daily Herald | 2012 |
| 10 | Garon Cockrell | LeavenworthTimes | 2012 |
| 3 | Michael Compton | The BG Daily News | 2012 |
| 7 | Sherilyn Connelly | Village Voice | 2012 |
| 1 | Matthew Connolly | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 9 | Adam Cook | MUBI | 2012 |
| 4 | Jake Coyle | Associated Press | 2012 |
| 1 | Justin Craig | Fox News | 2012 |
| 4 | Criticker | | 2012 |
| Richard Crouse | Candada AM | 2012 |
| 9 | Aaron Cutler | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 5 | Mike D'Angelo | AV Club | 2012 |
| 7 | Michael Da Silva | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| DailyCandy.com | | 2012 |
| 6 | Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics Association | | 2012 |
| Manohla Dargis | New York Times | 2012 |
| 9 | Erik Davis | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| Jeff Delauter | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 5 | Nicholas DeLorenzo | Screen Invasions | 2012 |
| 6 | David Denby | New Yorker | 2012 |
| 7 | Desert Post Weekly | | 2012 |
| 9 | Jeff Deutchman | IFC Films | 2012 |
| 3 | Jim Dixon | Examiner | 2012 |
| 4 | Serena Donadoni | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 8 | A.A. Dowd | Time Out Chicago | 2012 |
| 4 | Marc Doyle | Metacritic | 2012 |
| Denny Dreher | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 4 | Duane Dudek | Tap Milwaukee | 2012 |
| 3 | Mark Dunaway | Paste Magazine | 2012 |
| 9 | Bilge Ebiri | New York Magazine | 2012 |
| 6 | David Ehrenstein | Keyframe | 2012 |
| 3 | Amirose Eisenbach | AMC Movie News | 2012 |
| Ken Eisner | Georgia Straight | 2012 |
| 7 | Jim Emerson | Village Voice Poll | 2012 |
| 7 | Empire Magazine | | 2012 |
| 5 | James Eppler | Fox 34 | 2012 |
| 3 | Katie Erbland | Film School Rejects | 2012 |
| 2 | Steve Erickson | Gay City News | 2012 |
| 10 | David Faraci | Badass Digest | 2012 |
| 3 | Vanessa Farquharson | National Post | 2012 |
| Wes Felton | Senses of Cinema | 2012 |
| 6 | Film.com | | 2012 |
| 3 | Film Comment | | 2012 |
| 11 | Film School Rejects Poll | | 2012 |
| 3 | Film Threat | | 2012 |
| Marshall Fine | Hollywood & Fine | 2012 |
| 8 | Bob Fischbach World Herald Staff Writer | | 2012 |
| 7 | Jordan Flaherty | Truthout | 2012 |
| 1 | Guy Flatley | indieWire | 2012 |
| 1 | Brian Formo | Huffington Post | 2012 |
| 3 | Bryant Frazer | Skandies | 2012 |
| Phillip French | The Observer | 2012 |
| 1 | Kenji Fujishima | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 9 | Graham Fuller | Artinfo | 2012 |
| 3 | Linda Ge | Up and Comers | 2012 |
| Nelson George | Filmmaker | 2012 |
| 1 | David Germain | Associated Press | 2012 |
| 9 | Michael Ghennam | Les Fiches Du Cinama | 2012 |
| 8 | Todd Gilchrist | Celebuzz.com | 2012 |
| 10 | Dann Gire | Daily Herald | 2012 |
| 1 | Eli Glasner | The Buzz | 2012 |
| Globe and Mail | Groen and Lacey | 2012 |
| 7 | Matt Goldberg | Collider.com | 2012 |
| 8 | Lance Goldenberg | WMNF | 2012 |
| 2 | Bill Goodykoontz | Ganett Film Critic | 2012 |
| 3 | Jason Gorber | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 1 | Chiranjit Goswami | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| Susan Granger | Brooks Community Newspapers | 2012 |
| 8 | Andrew Grant | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 4 | Steve Greene | Criticwire | 2012 |
| 7 | Jaime Grijalba | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 4 | Bob Grimm | Anchorage Press | 2012 |
| 7 | Andrea Gronvall | Movie City News | 2012 |
| 1 | Peter Gutierrez | The Montclair Times | 2012 |
| 5 | Tomas Hachard | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 9 | Dennis Harvey | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 1 | Jesse Hassenger | MCN | 2012 |
| 7 | Kirk Haviland | Examiner | 2012 |
| Dade Hayes | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 2 | Eric Henderson and Jonathon Sharp | CBS Local Minnesota | 2012 |
| 6 | Chris Heller | Metro Weekly | 2012 |
| 9 | Barry Hertz | National Post | 2012 |
| 1 | Chris Hewitt | Pioneer Press | 2012 |
| 3 | Aaron Hillis | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 10 | Sky Hirschkron | Skandies | 2012 |
| 10 | J Hoberman | Artforum | 2012 |
| 1 | Jordon Hoffman | Screen Crush | 2012 |
| Tom Holehan | Post-Chronicle | 2012 |
| Hollywood.com | | 2012 |
| 4 | Shannon Horte | Based on Nothing | 2012 |
| 2 | Alexander Horwath | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| Houston Film Critics | | 2012 |
| 6 | Peter Howell | Toronto Star | 2012 |
| 6 | Huffington Post | | 2012 |
| Mark Hughes | Forbes.com | 2012 |
| 5 | Hulk | Badass Digest | 2012 |
| 2 | Ron Humanick | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 4 | Drew Hunt | Chicago Reader | 2012 |
| 6 | Rob Hunter | Film School Rejects | 2012 |
| 8 | Rande Iaboni | The Movie Banter | 2012 |
| IBN Live | | 2012 |
| 6 | IndieWIRE poll | | 2012 |
| Bruce Ingram | Winnetka Talk | 2012 |
| 3 | Rachel Jacobson | Skandies | 2012 |
| 7 | Richard Jameson | MSN Movies | 2012 |
| Chris Jenness | Peninsula Clarion | 2012 |
| Kent Jones | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 6 | Kimberly Jones | Austin Chronicle | 2012 |
| 4 | Patty Jones | Georgia Straight | 2012 |
| Dan Kane | CantonRep.com | 2012 |
| 1 | Ben Kaplan | National Post | 2012 |
| 1 | Christopher Kearney | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 2 | Brad Keefe | Columbus Alive | 2012 |
| 4 | Ben Kenigsberg | Time Out Chicago | 2012 |
| 4 | Glenn Kenny | Village Voice | 2012 |
| 4 | Peter Keough | The Phoenix | 2012 |
| 4 | Jessica Kiang | The Playlist | 2012 |
| 8 | Randall King | Winnipeg Free Press | 2012 |
| 8 | Bruce Kirkland | Toronto Sun | 2012 |
| 9 | Rick Kisonak | Film Threat | 2012 |
| 8 | Tony Kiss | Asheville Scene | 2012 |
| 9 | Peter Knegt | IndieWIRE | 2012 |
| 2 | Chris Knipp | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 7 | Dan Kois | Slate | 2012 |
| 7 | Manolis Kranakis | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 2 | Adam Kuntavanish | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 2 | L Magazine | | 2012 |
| 5 | Peter Labuza | The Cinephillacs | 2012 |
| 1 | George Lang | Look at OKC | 2012 |
| 5 | Josh Larsen | LarsenOnFilm | 2012 |
| Richard Lawson | The Atlantic Wire | 2012 |
| 9 | Steven Lebowitz | Examiner | 2012 |
| 9 | Will Leitch | Deadspin | 2012 |
| John Lekich | Georgia Straight | 2012 |
| 8 | Christy Lemire | Associated Press | 2012 |
| 1 | Kristin LeMunyon | hypable.com | 2012 |
| 2 | Diego Lerer | Micropsia | 2012 |
| 7 | Shawn Levy | indiewire Poll | 2012 |
| 2 | Don R. Lewis | Film Threat | 2012 |
| Miles Marshall Lewis | Ebony | 2012 |
| 6 | Rebecca Lewis | Up&Comers | 2012 |
| 4 | Joe Leydon | Houston Culture Map | 2012 |
| 3 | Karina Longworth | Village Voice | 2012 |
| 1 | Rod Lott | Oklahoma Gazette | 2012 |
| 1 | Lou Lumenick | New York Post | 2012 |
| 8 | Germain Lussier | Slashfilm | 2012 |
| Ben Lyons | Screen Addicts | 2012 |
| 7 | Oliver Lyttelton | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 14 | Vince Mancini | Film Drunk | 2012 |
| 6 | Peter Martin | Twitch | 2012 |
| 6 | Kiko Martinez | San Antonio Current | 2012 |
| 1 | Dominick Mayer | Heavemedia.com | 2012 |
| 9 | Matt Mazur | Pop Matters | 2012 |
| 8 | Henri Mazza | Baddass Digest | 2012 |
| 10 | Sean McBride | Idaho Press | 2012 |
| Jeff McCloud | Skandies | 2012 |
| 7 | Charlie McCollum | San Jose Mercury News | 2012 |
| 6 | Beau McCoy | Film Experience | 2012 |
| 8 | Drew McWeeny | HitFix | 2012 |
| 1 | Tom Meek | Boston Phoenix | 2012 |
| 5 | Scott Mendelson | Huffington Post | 2012 |
| Mercury News | | 2012 |
| 5 | Steve Mesa | Examiner | 2012 |
| Metro Pulse | | 2012 |
| 7 | Aaron Mettey | The Philly Post | 2012 |
| 9 | Danny Miller | MSN Movies | 2012 |
| 1 | Kate Miller | Based on Nothing | 2012 |
| 4 | Lyndsey Miller | Screen Invasions | 2012 |
| 7 | Tim Miller | the Cape Cod Times | 2012 |
| 5 | James A. Molnar | Toledo Free Press | 2012 |
| Bob Mondello | NPR | 2012 |
| 7 | Lance Montgromery | Based on Nothing | 2012 |
| 6 | Lauren Moranor | Based on Nothing | 2012 |
| 8 | Joe Morgenstern | Wall Street Journal | 2012 |
| 8 | Neil Morris | The Sanford Herald | 2012 |
| 6 | Wesley Morris | The Boston Globe | 2012 |
| 8 | Brendon Morrow | The Huntingtonian | 2012 |
| 2 | Brent Morrow | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 1 | Cameron Mount | The Daily Nebraskan | 2012 |
| 4 | MSN | | 2012 |
| 8 | Matt Mueller | On Milwaukee | 2012 |
| 7 | Kat Murphy | MSN Movies | 2012 |
| 10 | Rebecca Murray | About.com | 2012 |
| Loquacious Muse | Film.com | 2012 |
| 10 | Kimberly Myers | the Playlist | 2012 |
| 6 | Randy Myers | Contra Costa Times | 2012 |
| 3 | Nada Much Staff | | 2012 |
| 8 | Parvathi Nayar | The Hindu | 2012 |
| 2 | Nictate | Skandies | 2012 |
| 6 | Michael Nordine | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 3 | Mike Noyes | Inside Pulse | 2012 |
| 1 | Clint O'Connor | Cleveland Plain Dealer | 2012 |
| Joe O'Shansky | Urban Tulsa | 2012 |
| 4 | Mark Olsen | Los Angeles Times | 2012 |
| 1 | Nick Olson | Christ and Pop Culture | 2012 |
| 3 | Michelle Orange | Village Voice | 2012 |
| 5 | Christopher Orr | The Atlantic | 2012 |
| 3 | Jason Overbeck | Skandies | 2012 |
| 1 | Jeffrey Overstreet | IndieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 2 | Chris Packham | VV Freelancer | 2012 |
| 10 | Matt Pais | RedEye | 2012 |
| 7 | Peter Paras | E! Online | 2012 |
| 3 | Paste Magazine | | 2012 |
| 1 | Milan Paurich | Cleveland Scene | 2012 |
| 4 | Aaron Peck | HJ News | 2012 |
| Maggie Pehanick | BuzzSugar.com | 2012 |
| 11 | Philadelphia City Paper | | 2012 |
| 4 | Jami Philbrick | I Am Rouge | 2012 |
| 10 | Michael Phillips | Chicago Tribune | 2012 |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society | | 2012 |
| 2 | Keith Phipps | AV Club | 2012 |
| Nick Pinkerton | Village Vocie | 2012 |
| 5 | Mark Pittillo | Skandies | 2012 |
| 5 | Jon Plaut | New Jersey Independent Press | 2012 |
| 1 | Dorothy Pomerantz | Forbes | 2012 |
| 4 | Ray Pride | Movie City News | 2012 |
| 4 | Matt Prigge | Philadelphia Weekly | 2012 |
| Claudia Puig | USA Today | 2012 |
| 5 | Nathan Rabin | AV Club | 2012 |
| 7 | Mark Rabinowitz | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 1 | Josh Ralske | Movie Maker | 2012 |
| 3 | Zach Ralston | Skandies | 2012 |
| Stephen Rea | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2012 |
| 1 | Peter Reiher | Skandies | 2012 |
| 1 | Bryce Renninger | IndieWIRE | 2012 |
| 7 | Scott Renshaw | Skandies | 2012 |
| 1 | Bob Richards | Good Morning Idaho | 2012 |
| 9 | Stan Robinson | Arizona Weekly | 2012 |
| 2 | Rene Rodriguez | Miami Herald | 2012 |
| 8 | Julian Roman | Movieweb | 2012 |
| 5 | Christopher Rosen | Huffington Post | 2012 |
| 8 | Jonathan Rosenbaum | indieWire poll | 2012 |
| 9 | Lisa Rosman | indieWire Poll | 2012 |
| 4 | Dustin Rowles | Pajiba | 2012 |
| 1 | Mike Russell | Oregonian | 2012 |
| 7 | Patrick Ryan | East Valley Tribune | 2012 |
| 1 | Evan Saathoff | Badass Digest | 2012 |
| 7 | Dan Sanchez | ABC | 2012 |
| 2 | Tom Santilli | Detroit Examiner | 2012 |
| 6 | Daniel Sarath | Screen Invasions | 2012 |
| 6 | Elias Savada | Film Threat | 2012 |
| The Scene | | 2012 |
| 3 | Scene Magazine (Niesel | Gallucci, Zoslov) | 2012 |
| 2 | Andrew Shearer: Athens Banner-Herald | | 2012 |
| 6 | Andrew Schenker | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 1 | Alan Scherstuhl | Village Voice | 2012 |
| 4 | Mike Scott | The Times-Picayune | 2012 |
| 5 | Witney Seibold | Crave Online | 2012 |
| 5 | John Serba | Michigan Live | 2012 |
| 7 | Betsy Sharkey | LA Times | 2012 |
| 4 | Michael Sicinski | The Academic Hack | 2012 |
| 7 | Sight and Sound | | 2012 |
| Christopher Sikich | Senses of Cinema | 2012 |
| 2 | Stephen Silver | Technology Tell | 2012 |
| Jeff Simon | The Buffalo News | 2012 |
| 10 | Slant Magazine | | 2012 |
| 2 | Jim Slotek | Toronto Sun | 2012 |
| 5 | Joseph W. Smith | North Central PA | 2012 |
| 7 | Michael Smith | Tulsa World | 2012 |
| 5 | Peter Sobczynski | eFilmCritic | 2012 |
| 4 | Southeastern Film Critics | | 2012 |
| 4 | Herb Stratford | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 1 | Glenn Sumi | NOW Magazine | 2012 |
| 10 | Brian Tallerico | HollywoodChicago.com | 2012 |
| 8 | Tom Tangney | MyNorthwest.com | 2012 |
| 5 | Brooke Tanoff | Nextmovie.com | 2012 |
| 2 | Kris Tapley | In Contention | 2012 |
| 4 | Genna Terranova | Tribeca Film Festival | 2012 |
| 9 | Anne Thompson | Thompson on Hollywood | 2012 |
| 8 | Pete Timmermann | Playback stl | 2012 |
| 3 | Tiny Mix Tape | | 2012 |
| 5 | Anne-Katrin Titze | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 6 | Scott Tobias | AV Club | 2012 |
| 9 | Kezia Tooby | inideWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 2 | Gabe Toro | The Playlist | 2012 |
| 9 | Pete Travers | Rolling Stone | 2012 |
| 10 | John M. Urbancich | Sun News, Cleveland | 2012 |
| 4 | Chad Michael Van Alstin | Blog Critics.org | 2012 |
| 4 | Lynn Venhaus | News-Democrat | 2012 |
| 4 | Elbert Ventura | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| 4 | Vern | Village Voice Poll | 2012 |
| 4 | Village Voice Poll | | 2012 |
| John Von Thaden | Magnolia Pictures | 2012 |
| 8 | Chad Webb | 411 Mania | 2012 |
| 2 | Scott Weinberg | GeekNation | 2012 |
| Stephen Whitty | The New Jersey Star Ledger | 2012 |
| 8 | Alex Williams | Daily Texan | 2012 |
| 4 | Chris William | Advisor & Source Newspapers | 2012 |
| Joe Williams | St Louis Today | 2012 |
| 5 | Norman Wilner | NOW Magazine | 2012 |
| Calvin Wilson | St Louis Today | 2012 |
| 5 | Chuck Wilson | LA Weekly | 2012 |
| 1 | Tyler Wilson | CDA Press | 2012 |
| 2 | Stacey Winget | Screened.com | 2012 |
| 10 | Chris Wisniewski | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 9 | Mark Worgan | Enterainmentwise.com | 2012 |
| Anders Wright | San Diego City Beat Perks | 2012 |
| 3 | Ryan Wu | Skandies | 2012 |
| Brooke Wylie | Denver Examiner | 2012 |
| 9 | Yahoo! Movies | | 2012 |
| 10 | Jen Yamato | Movieline | 2012 |
| 10 | Neil Young | Tribune | 2012 |
| 9 | Bill Zwecker | Fox 32 | 2012 |