| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Efaz Ahmed | Blue Print News Online | 2017 |
| 7 | Jason Bailey | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 7 | Jason Bailey | Flavorwire | 2017 |
| 9 | Hoai-Tran Bui | Slash Film | 2017 |
| 3 | Matthew Butcher | Skandies | 2017 |
| 3 | Ariel Esteban Cayer | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 8 | Seongyong Cho | RogerEbert.com | 2017 |
| 9 | Mark Cira | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 7 | Sean Collier | Pittsburgh Magazine | 2017 |
| 3 | Max Covill | Film School Rejects | 2017 |
| 10 | David Crow | Den of Geek | 2017 |
| 7 | Manohla Dargis | New York Times | 2017 |
| Elle | 2017 | ||
| 10 | Gregory Ellwood | The Playlist | 2017 |
| 8 | Chris Evangelista | RogerEbert.com | 2017 |
| Selim Eyuboglu | Ahvul | 2017 | |
| 5 | Jordan Flaherty | Huffington Post | 2017 |
| Harry Fletcher | Evening Standard | 2017 | |
| 9 | Games Radar | 2017 | |
| GQ | 2017 | ||
| 9 | Karen Han | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 7 | Mark Hinson | Tallahassee Democrat | 2017 |
| 8 | Patrick House | Central MO News | 2017 |
| 4 | Matthew Jacobs | HuffPost | 2017 |
| 6 | Walter King | RogerEbert.com | 2017 |
| 7 | Kevin Lally | Film Journal International | 2017 |
| 5 | Cody Lang | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 10 | Sarah Lang | Skandies | 2017 |
| 5 | Michael Lerman | TIFF | 2017 |
| 5 | Chandler Levack | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| Matthew Lickona | San Diego Reader | 2017 | |
| Sophie Matthews | Women.com | 2017 | |
| 5 | Peter Merriman | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 10 | Micah Mertes | Omaha World Herald | 2017 |
| MSN | 2017 | ||
| Rohan Naahar | Hindustan Times | 2017 | |
| 8 | Amy Nicholson | UPROXX | 2017 |
| 4 | Tony Nunes | Geek Dad | 2017 |
| 10 | Sheryl Oh | Film School Rejects | 2017 |
| 7 | Mark Olsen | Los Angeles Times | 2017 |
| 5 | Dipali Patel | Scoop Whoop | 2017 |
| Phil Pirrello | moviefone | 2017 | |
| John Powers | Vogue Magazine | 2017 | |
| 4 | Mark Ralston | Skandies | 2017 |
| 9 | Republic World | 2017 | |
| 4 | Rajendra Roy | MOMA | 2017 |
| 5 | Nick Schager | Esquire | 2017 |
| 7 | Screen Anarchy | 2017 | |
| 9 | Matt Zoller Seitz | RogerEbert.com | 2017 |
| 9 | David Sterritt | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 2 | Elizabeth Stoddard | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| Marta Sundac | High Snobiety | 2017 | |
| 6 | Nathan Swank | Flix 66 | 2017 |
| 6 | Kris Tapley | Variety | 2017 |
| 8 | Amy Taubin | Artforum | 2017 |
| 9 | Texarkanga Gazette | 2017 | |
| 7 | Kyle Turner | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| Jason Tyrone | Toronto Film Review | 2017 | |
| Vice | 2017 | ||
| 7 | Allison Willmore | BuzzFeed | 2017 |
| 5 | Andrew Wright | Parallax View | 2017 |