| Roger Abele | Village Voice Poll | 2016 |
| 8 | Sam Adams | Slate | 2016 |
| 1 | Al Alexander | The Patriot Ledger | 2016 |
| Patrick Allan | LifeHacker | 2016 |
| 9 | Jeffrey Anderson | San Francisco Chronicle | 2016 |
| 3 | Melissa Anderson | LA Weekly | 2016 |
| 2 | Fernando Andres | Film School Rejects | 2016 |
| 10 | Mallory Andrews | Village Voice Poll | 2016 |
| 6 | Grace Anilado | Hof Mag | 2016 |
| 3 | David Ansen | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 1 | Saul Austerlitz | IndieWire Poll | 2016 |
| 3 | Stephanie Barber | Talkhouse | 2016 |
| 9 | Nicholas Bell | Ioncinema | 2016 |
| 10 | John Bleasdale | CineVue | 2016 |
| Frederic Boyer | Tribeca Film Festival | 2016 |
| 3 | Patrick Brice | Talk House | 2016 |
| 4 | Ty Burr | Boston Globe | 2016 |
| 4 | Christopher Campbell | Film School Rejects | 2016 |
| 5 | Peter Canavese | Palo Alto | 2016 |
| 6 | Clay Cane | BET | 2016 |
| 5 | Ian Casselberry | The Comeback | 2016 |
| 2 | Jesse Cataldo | Slant | 2016 |
| 4 | Justin Chang | Los Angeles Times | 2016 |
| 2 | David Chen | SlashFilm | 2016 |
| 2 | Erik Childress | eFilmCritic | 2016 |
| Mallory Chin | Hypebeast | 2016 |
| 3 | Adam Chitwood | Collider | 2016 |
| 3 | Ashley Clark | Film Comment | 2016 |
| 4 | Jake Cole | Slant | 2016 |
| 2 | K. Austin Collins | The Ringer | 2016 |
| 2 | Complex Staff | | 2016 |
| 10 | Consequence of Sound | | 2016 |
| 4 | Julia Cooper | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 8 | Jake Coyle | AP | 2016 |
| Julie Crawford | Vancouver Courier | 2016 |
| 6 | Greg Cwik | indieWire poll | 2016 |
| 4 | Manohla Dargis | New York Times | 2016 |
| 5 | David Edelstein | Vulture | 2016 |
| 4 | David Ehrlich | IndieWire | 2016 |
| 4 | Alex Engquist | In Review | 2016 |
| 3 | Kate Erbland | IndieWire | 2016 |
| 9 | Chris Evangelista | CutPrintFilm | 2016 |
| 8 | Mihi Fadnavis | First Post | 2016 |
| 4 | David Fear | Rolling Stone | 2016 |
| 8 | The Film Stage | | 2016 |
| 2 | Jeanie Finlay | Talk House | 2016 |
| 5 | Ryan Fleck | Talk House | 2016 |
| 6 | Jason Fraley | WTOP | 2016 |
| 5 | Bryant Frazer | Skandies | 2016 |
| 8 | Adam Frazier | Geeks of Doom | 2016 |
| 10 | Jon Frosch | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 3 | Kenji Fujishima | Slant | 2016 |
| 1 | Alex Fung | Skandies | 2016 |
| 8 | Jack Garner | Democrat and Chronicle | 2016 |
| 1 | Hugh Gibson | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 7 | Jenn Gidman | Newser | 2016 |
| 1 | John Gilpatrick | Men's Health | 2016 |
| 8 | Caroline Giroux | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 1 | Ed Gonzalez | Slant Magazine | 2016 |
| 1 | Chris Goodwin | Talk House | 2016 |
| Jared Gores | Reel Fanatics | 2016 |
| 5 | Christopher Gray | Slant | 2016 |
| 6 | Wes Greene | Slant Magazine | 2016 |
| 5 | Steven D. Greydanus | National Catholic Register | 2016 |
| 4 | Tim Grierson | Screen International | 2016 |
| 1 | Jason Guerrasio | Business Insider | 2016 |
| 3 | Jacob Hall | Slash Film | 2016 |
| 1 | Chadd Harbold | Talk House | 2016 |
| Ian Harnarine | Talk House | 2016 |
| 2 | Hunter Harris | Vulture | 2016 |
| 3 | Jason Harris | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 10 | Britt Hayes | Screen Crush | 2016 |
| 1 | Patt Healy | Talk House | 2016 |
| 4 | Glenn Heath Jr. | San Diego City Beat | 2016 |
| 2 | Eric Henderson | Slant | 2016 |
| 4 | Aaron Hillis | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 7 | Sky Hirschkron | Skandies | 2016 |
| 2 | J. Hoberman | Artforum | 2016 |
| 2 | Stephen Holden | New York Times | 2016 |
| 6 | Hollywood.com | | 2016 |
| John Horn | | 2016 |
| 5 | Ann Hornaday | Washington Post | 2016 |
| 3 | Dan Hudak | Florida Weekly | 2016 |
| Alex Hunter | Film Society | 2016 |
| Kate Hurwitz | Cinetic Media | 2016 |
| Jason Ishikawa | Cinetic Media | 2016 |
| 7 | Rachel Jacobson | Skandies | 2016 |
| 8 | Anita Katz | San Francscio Examiner | 2016 |
| 1 | John Keefer | 51deep.com | 2016 |
| 1 | Chris Kelly | Director | 2016 |
| 3 | Adam Kempenaar | Filmspotting | 2016 |
| 3 | Ben Kenigsberg | indiewire poll | 2016 |
| Jim Keogh | Worcestermag | 2016 |
| 3 | Jessica Kiang | The Playlist | 2016 |
| Nelson Kim | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 6 | Adam Kuntavanish | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 2 | Peter Labuza | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 4 | Kevin Laforest | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 5 | Cody Lang | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 5 | Joanna Langfield | The Movie Minute | 2016 |
| 6 | David Laub | A24 | 2016 |
| 2 | Eric Lavallee | IONCINEMA.com | 2016 |
| 8 | Kevin B. Lee | Fandor | 2016 |
| 1 | Will Leitch | New Respublic | 2016 |
| 1 | Robert Levin | AM New York | 2016 |
| Scott Lewis | Indie88 | 2016 |
| Craig Lindsey | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 2 | Jonathan Lisecki | Talk House | 2016 |
| Adam Litovitz | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 8 | Thomas Loree | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| Dan Lybarger | NWA Online | 2016 |
| 2 | Sam C. Mac | Slant | 2016 |
| 2 | Ryan MacDuff | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 2 | Willow Maclay | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 2 | James Marsh | Talk House | 2016 |
| 1 | Todd McCarthy | Hollywood Reporter | 2016 |
| 2 | Ryan McNeil | The Matinee | 2016 |
| 7 | Micah Mertes | Omaha World-Herald | 2016 |
| 8 | Movie Mezzanine Staff | | 2016 |
| Jana J. Monji | Pasadena Weekly | 2016 |
| Joe Morgenstern | The Wall Street Journal | 2016 |
| Rebecca Murray | Showbiz Junkies | 2016 |
| 3 | Vikram Murthi | IndieWIRE | 2016 |
| 3 | Elise Nakhnikian | Slant | 2016 |
| Benjamin Nason | The MacGuffin | 2016 |
| 3 | Seth Needle | Screen Media | 2016 |
| 4 | Victoria Negri | Talk House | 2016 |
| 5 | Joe Neumaier | 710 AM-WOR | 2016 |
| 2 | Amy Nichols | MTV | 2016 |
| 2 | Dan Nuxoll | Rooftop Films | 2016 |
| 4 | Max B. O'Connell | Rapid City Journal | 2016 |
| 4 | Oklahoma Film Critics | | 2016 |
| Mark Olsen | Los Angeles Times | 2016 |
| Tricia Olszewski | Washington City Paper | 2016 |
| 5 | Sheila O'Malley | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 9 | Christopher Orr | The Atlantic | 2016 |
| 3 | Jake Orthwein | Film School Rejects | 2016 |
| 4 | Ben Pearson | Geek Tyrant | 2016 |
| 2 | Gerald Peary | The Arts Fuse | 2016 |
| 4 | Jesse Percival | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 7 | Steve Persall | Tampa Bay Times | 2016 |
| 6 | Sierra Pettengill | Talk House | 2016 |
| 5 | Michael Phillips | Chicago Tribune | 2016 |
| 6 | Leah Pickett | Chicago Reader | 2016 |
| 3 | Marcus Pinn | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 2 | John Powers | Vogue | 2016 |
| 10 | Matt Prigge | Metro | 2016 |
| 3 | Tom Quinn | indieWIre | 2016 |
| 1 | Peter Rainer | Christian Science Monitor | 2016 |
| 4 | Zach Ralston | Skandies | 2016 |
| 6 | Mara Reinstein | US Magazine | 2016 |
| 8 | Katey Rich | Village Voice | 2016 |
| Brian Robertson | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| Sean Rogers | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 2 | Todd Rohal | Talk House | 2016 |
| 2 | Mike Rubin | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 6 | Jordan Ruimy | The Playlist | 2016 |
| 1 | Mike Ryan | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 2 | Jodie Safdie | Director | 2016 |
| 1 | Nick Schager | Yahoo Movies | 2016 |
| 8 | ScreenAnarchy Staff | | 2016 |
| 8 | Niles Schwartz | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 2 | AO Scott | New York Times | 2016 |
| 6 | Diego Semerene | Slant | 2016 |
| 6 | John Semley | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 10 | Matt Shieverdecker | Austin 360 | 2016 |
| 1 | Matt Singer | Screencrush | 2016 |
| 4 | Craig Skinner | craigskinnerfilm.com | 2016 |
| 2 | Slant Magazine | | 2016 |
| 9 | Slash Film | | 2016 |
| 3 | Courtney Small | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 2 | Michael Snydel | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 9 | Collin Souter | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| Spectum Culture | | 2016 |
| Andrew Stanley | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 2 | David Sterritt | Quarterly Review of Film And Video | 2016 |
| 9 | R. Emmet Sweeney | Streamline | 2016 |
| 2 | Brian Tallerico | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 4 | Brian Tallerico | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 6 | Amy Taubin | Artforum | 2016 |
| 4 | Ella Taylor | NPR | 2016 |
| Stewart Thorndike | Talk House | 2016 |
| 1 | Tara Thorne | The Coast | 2016 |
| 2 | Michael Tully | Hammer to Nail | 2016 |
| 2 | Kenneth Turan | Los Angeles Times | 2016 |
| 6 | Kent Turner | Film-Forward.com | 2016 |
| 8 | Gregory Wakeman | Cinema Blend | 2016 |
| 2 | Sarah Watt | Sunday Star-Times | 2016 |
| 2 | Sam Weisberg | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 3 | Max Weiss | Baltimore Magazine | 2016 |
| 3 | Alissa Wilkinson | Vox | 2016 |
| 8 | Alison Willmore | BuzzFeed | 2016 |
| 8 | Chris Wisniewski | Reverse Shot | 2016 |
| Stephen Winter | Talk House | 2016 |
| 10 | Susan Wloszczyna | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 3 | Ryan Wu | Skandies | 2016 |
| 7 | Yahoo Movies | | 2016 |
| 6 | Jada Yuan | New York Magazine | 2016 |
| 4 | Caveh Zahedi | Talk House | 2016 |