| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Hill | Senses of Cinema | 2012 | |
| 10 | Chris Stults | Skandies | 2012 |
| Nathalie Atkinson | National Post | 2013 | |
| 7 | Miriam Bale | New York Daily News | 2013 |
| 4 | Danny Bowes | Movies By Bowes | 2013 |
| 3 | Julian Carrington | Torontoist | 2013 |
| 4 | Jessie Cataldo | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 5 | Dustin Chang | Twitchfilm.com | 2013 |
| 2 | Jake Cole | Movie Mezzanine | 2013 |
| 6 | Diego Costa | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 9 | Steve Dollar | Wall Street Journal | 2013 |
| 6 | Cheryl Eddy | IndieWire Poll | 2013 |
| 5 | Polly Esther | CAST Awards | 2013 |
| 4 | James Blake Ewing | Movie Mezzanine | 2013 |
| 2 | Jim Fouratt | indieWIRE poll | 2013 |
| 9 | Kenji Fujishima | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 3 | Graham Fuller | 2013 | |
| 8 | Patrick Gamble | Cine Vue | 2013 |
| 3 | Leo Goldsmith | Indiewire Poll | 2013 |
| 6 | Robert Greene | Sight & Sound | 2013 |
| 5 | We Greene | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 8 | Kurt Halfyard | RowThree.com | 2013 |
| 9 | Tina Hassannia | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 2 | Glen Heath Jr. | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 5 | Eric Henderson | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 1 | Eugene Hernandez | Film Society of Lincoln Center | 2013 |
| Anne Hubbell | Paste Magazine | 2013 | |
| 7 | David Hudson | MUBI | 2013 |
| 9 | Matt Hughes | Movie Mezzanine | 2013 |
| 3 | Rob Humanick | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 8 | Mark Jenkins | NPR | 2013 |
| 6 | Inkoo Kang | Village Voice Poll | 2013 |
| 5 | Jesse Knight | Movie Mezzanine | 2013 |
| 6 | Eric Kohn | IndieWire | 2013 |
| 7 | Michael Koresky | Reverse Shot | 2013 |
| 10 | Ryan Lattanzio | Thompson on Hollywood! | 2013 |
| 6 | Dennis Lim | indieWIRE poll | 2013 |
| 3 | Calum Marsh | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 2 | Nick McCarthy | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| Metro Pulse | 2013 | ||
| 2 | Angelo Muredda | Film Freak Central | 2013 |
| 7 | Adam Nayman | Village Voice Poll | 2013 |
| 1 | Nictate | Skandies | 2013 |
| 3 | Michael Nordine | LA Weekly | 2013 |
| 9 | Scott Nye | Battleship Pretension | 2013 |
| 5 | R. Kurt Osenlund | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 1 | John Oursler | Village Voice | 2013 |
| 6 | Andrew Parker | 2013 | |
| 7 | Nick Pinkerton | Sundance NOW | 2013 |
| 6 | Kiva Reardon | cleo Journal | 2013 |
| 4 | Reverse Shot | 2013 | |
| 13 | Jim Ridley | Nashville Scene | 2013 |
| 11 | Sean Rogers | 2013 | |
| Jonathan Rosenbaum | jonathanrosenbaum.net | 2013 | |
| 4 | Jason Shawhan | Nashville Scene | 2013 |
| 8 | Andrew Schenker | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 4 | Jason Shawhan | The Nashville Scene | 2013 |
| 3 | Michael Sicinski | Indiewire Poll | 2013 |
| 5 | Peter Simek | D Magazine | 2013 |
| 3 | Radheyan Simonpillai | Ask Men | 2013 |
| 4 | Slant Magazine | Entire Staff | 2013 |
| 8 | Jordan M. Smith | IonCinema.com | 2013 |
| 1 | Amir Soltani | CAST Awards | 2013 |
| 9 | Andreas Stoehr | Village Voice Poll | 2013 |
| 7 | Michael Tully | Hammer to Nail | 2013 |
| 1 | Bob Turnbull | CAST Awards | 2013 |
| 6 | Nick Usen | Movie Mezzanine | 2013 |
| 10 | Mel Valentin | Screen Invasions | 2013 |
| 3 | David Walsh | indieWIRE Poll | 2013 |
| 2 | Zachary Wigon | Village Voice | 2013 |
| 6 | Norman Wilner | NOW | 2013 |
| 4 | Chris Wisniewski | IndieWIRE | 2013 |