| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence Almozini | Film Society | 2016 | |
| 4 | Brandon Bui | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 5 | Ariel Esteban Cayer | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| Bruno Dequen | Toronto Film Review | 2016 | |
| 5 | Sachin Gandhi | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 10 | Haden Guest | Film Comment | 2016 |
| 6 | Jeremy Heilman | Skandies | 2016 |
| 1 | Ryan Krahn | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 9 | Les Inrockuptibles | 2016 | |
| Violet Lucca | Film Comment | 2016 | |
| Isiah Medina | Toronto Film Review | 2016 | |
| 1 | Vinz J. Orlof | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 1 | Jason Overbeck | Skandies | 2016 |
| 10 | Mehdi Pilehvarian | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| Sean Rogers | Toronto Film Review | 2016 | |
| 1 | Oriane Sidre | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 1 | Dan Sullivan | Film Society | 2016 |
| 5 | Ethan Vestby | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 2 | Blake Williams | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 10 | Simon Abrams | Roger Ebert.com | 2017 |
| Florence Almozini | Lincolm Film Center | 2017 | |
| 5 | AV Club | 2017 | |
| 4 | Sean Axmaker | Parallax View | 2017 |
| 5 | Baale | Miriam | 2017 |
| 4 | Miriam Bale | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 2 | Ken Bakely | Film Pulse | 2017 |
| 5 | Chuck Bowen | Slant | 2017 |
| 7 | Joshua Brunsting | Criterion Cast | 2017 |
| 1 | Matthew Butcher | Skandies | 2017 |
| 8 | Robert Butler | Defacto Film Reviews | 2017 |
| 9 | Peter Canavese | Palo Alto Weekly | 2017 |
| 1 | Jesse Cataldo | Slant | 2017 |
| 2 | Ashley Clark | Film Comment | 2017 |
| 1 | Jordan Cronk | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 4 | Greg Cwik | Slant | 2017 |
| 5 | Mike D'Angelo | AV Club | 2017 |
| 5 | Joanna Di Mattia | Seventh Row | 2017 |
| 7 | Doug Dillaman | Skandies | 2017 |
| 3 | Clayton Dillard | Slant | 2017 |
| 2 | A.A. Dowd | AV Club | 2017 |
| 3 | Abel Eliu | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 2 | Steve Erickson | RogerEbert.com | 2017 |
| 5 | Film Comment | 2017 | |
| 8 | The Film Stage | 2017 | |
| 8 | Filmicaus | 2017 | |
| 7 | Bryant Frazer | Skandies | 2017 |
| 2 | Alex Fung | Skandies | 2017 |
| 4 | Zac Goldkind | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 4 | Ed Gonzalez | Slant Magazine | 2017 |
| 9 | Christopher Gray | Slant | 2017 |
| 3 | Wes Green | Slant | 2017 |
| 1 | Skander H | Skandies | 2017 |
| 3 | Glen Heath | San Diego City Beat | 2017 |
| 1 | Eric Henderson | Slant | 2017 |
| 10 | Aaron Hillis | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 5 | J Hoberman | Artforum | 2017 |
| 3 | Eric Hynes | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 1 | In Review | 2017 | |
| 10 | Indy Week | 2017 | |
| 5 | JR Jones | The Reader | 2017 |
| 10 | Ben Kenigsberg | RogerEbert.com | 2017 |
| 9 | Walter King | RogerEbert.com | 2017 |
| 9 | Tomris Laffly | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 9 | Tomris Laffly | RogerEbert.com | 2017 |
| 6 | Manuela Lazic | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 7 | Elizabeth Ma | Film Comment | 2017 |
| 5 | Sam Mac | Slant | 2017 |
| 6 | Calum Marsh | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 6 | Jeff McCloud | Skandies | 2017 |
| 10 | Victor Morton | Skandies | 2017 |
| 7 | Manu Yanez Murillo | Film Comment | 2017 |
| 1 | Vikram Murthi | RogerEbert.com | 2017 |
| 10 | Nashville Scene Film Poll | 2017 | |
| 6 | Charles Odell | Skandies | 2017 |
| 1 | Jason Overbeck | Skandies | 2017 |
| 9 | Adam Patterson | Film Pulse | 2017 |
| 2 | Mark Pittillo | Skandies | 2017 |
| 5 | Thomas Prieto | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 1 | Matt Prigge | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 8 | Mark Ralston | Skandies | 2017 |
| 2 | Jared Rasic | Source Weekly | 2017 |
| 5 | Jordan Raup | Lincoln Film Center | 2017 |
| 8 | Jeff Reichert | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 7 | Bruce Reid | Parallax View | 2017 |
| 7 | Reverse Shot | 2017 | |
| Jason Di Rosso | The Final Cut | 2017 | |
| 6 | Jordan Ruimy | The Playlist | 2017 |
| 2 | Ben Sachs | Chicago Reader | 2017 |
| 3 | Michael Sicinski | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 3 | Slant Magazine | 2017 | |
| 5 | Michael Glover Smith | White City Cinema | 2017 |
| 4 | Michael Snydel | The Film Stage | 2017 |
| Spectrum Culture | 2017 | ||
| 1 | Alice Stoehr | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 6 | Zhuo-Ning Su | Film Stage | 2017 |
| 10 | Scott Tobias | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 1 | Ignatiy Vishnevetsky | AV Club | 2017 |
| 6 | Daniel Waters | Skandies | 2017 |
| 4 | John Waters | The Film Stage | 2017 |
| 5 | Chris Wells | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 5 | Matthew Wilder | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| Tyler Wilson | Lincoln Film Society | 2017 | |
| 4 | Ryan Wu | Skandies | 2017 |