| Roger Abele | Village Voice Poll | 2016 |
| Patrick Allan | LifeHacker | 2016 |
| 7 | Ethan Alter | Yahoo Movies | 2016 |
| 2 | Jeffrey Anderson | San Francisco Chronicle | 2016 |
| 7 | Matthew Anderson | CineVue | 2016 |
| 7 | Michael J Anderson | Oklahoma City Museum of Art | 2016 |
| 1 | Mallory Andrews | Village Voice Poll | 2016 |
| 8 | Sam Ankenbauer | Bright Lights Film Journal | 2016 |
| 4 | Ali Arikan | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 9 | AV Club | | 2016 |
| 2 | RogerEbert.com | Balder & Dash Staff | 2016 |
| 8 | Marjorie Baumgarten | Austin Chronicle | 2016 |
| John Beifuss | Commercial Appeal | 2016 |
| 2 | Sheila Benson | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 8 | William Bibbiani | CraveOnline | 2016 |
| 4 | Binary Pundit | | 2016 |
| 5 | Alex Biese | APP.com | 2016 |
| 10 | Sam Blair | blood, dirt & Angel's Arm Chair | 2016 |
| 2 | Matt Blais | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 2 | John Bleasdale | CineVue | 2016 |
| 4 | Boston Online Film Critic s | | 2016 |
| 8 | Chuck Bowen | Slant | 2016 |
| 9 | Danny Bowes | Film School Rejects | 2016 |
| Peter Bradshaw | The Guardian | 2016 |
| 8 | Annabel Brady-Brown | Fireflies | 2016 |
| 5 | Josh Brunsting | The Criterion Cast | 2016 |
| 10 | Josh Brunsting | The Criterion Cast | 2016 |
| 3 | Sean Burns | WBUR | 2016 |
| 2 | Ty Burr | Boston Globe | 2016 |
| 7 | Deragh Campbell | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| Michael J Casey | Boulder Weekly | 2016 |
| 1 | Jesse Cataldo | Slant | 2016 |
| 1 | Ariel Esteban Cayer | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 7 | Justin Chang | Los Angeles Times | 2016 |
| 3 | Donald Clark | Irish Times | 2016 |
| 8 | Laura Clifford | Reeling Reviews | 2016 |
| 3 | Jake Cole | Slant | 2016 |
| 10 | Susan Cole | NOW Magazine | 2016 |
| 7 | Robbie Collin | The Telegraph | 2016 |
| 2 | Corey Craft | artsBHAM.com | 2016 |
| 10 | Richard Crouse | Metro News | 2016 |
| 6 | Mike D'Angelo | AV Club | 2016 |
| 10 | Peter Debruge | Variety | 2016 |
| 7 | Connor Denney | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 5 | Dennis Dermody | Paper Mag | 2016 |
| 8 | Patrick Devitt | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 6 | Clayton Dilard | Slant Magazine | 2016 |
| 2 | Doug Dilliman | Skandies | 2016 |
| 3 | AA Dowd | AV | 2016 |
| 6 | Nathan Duke | Subrewind | 2016 |
| 8 | Bilge Ebiri | Broward Palm Beach | 2016 |
| 2 | Lance Edmands | Talk House | 2016 |
| 6 | Eric Eisenberg | CinemaBlend | 2016 |
| Sean Egan | The Villager | 2016 |
| 7 | Annlee Ellingson | LA Biz | 2016 |
| 7 | Kate Erbland | IndieWire | 2016 |
| 6 | Film Comment | | 2016 |
| 10 | The Film Stage | | 2016 |
| 5 | Adrianna Floridia | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 9 | Brian Formo | Collider | 2016 |
| 10 | Haleigh Foutch | Collider | 2016 |
| 4 | Bryant Frazer | Skandies | 2016 |
| 8 | Bruce Fretts | Fretts On Film | 2016 |
| 3 | Jon Frosch | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 1 | Kenji Fujishima | Slant | 2016 |
| 7 | Alex Fung | Skandies | 2016 |
| 3 | Todd Gilchrist | Mtime.com | 2016 |
| 8 | John Gilpatrick | Men's Health | 2016 |
| 5 | Noah Gittell | Washington City Paper | 2016 |
| 5 | Niclas Goldberg | Filmrutan | 2016 |
| 1 | Jared Gores | Reel Fanatics | 2016 |
| 1 | Christopher Gray | Slant | 2016 |
| 1 | Mitch Greenberg | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 1 | Steven D. Greydanus | National Catholic Register | 2016 |
| 5 | Tim Grierson | Screen International | 2016 |
| Andrew Haigh | Director | 2016 |
| 6 | Kurt Halfyard | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 5 | Peter Hammond | Deadline | 2016 |
| 8 | Angie Han | SlashFilm.com | 2016 |
| 2 | Brandon Harris | VICE | 2016 |
| 3 | Tina Hassannia | indieWIRE poll | 2016 |
| 1 | Jeremy Heilman | Skandies | 2016 |
| 10 | Jim Hemphill | Talk House | 2016 |
| 2 | Odie Henderson | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| Courtney Higgs | In Style | 2016 |
| 6 | Aaron Hillis | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 1 | Jordan Hoffman | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 10 | Stephen Holden | New York Times | 2016 |
| 8 | Robert Horton | Seattle Weekly | 2016 |
| 7 | Peter Howell | Toronto Star | 2016 |
| 2 | David Hudson | Keyframe | 2016 |
| Huffington Post | | 2016 |
| 8 | Rob Hunter | Film School Rejects | 2016 |
| 4 | Eric Hynes | Film Comment | 2016 |
| Richard T. Jameson | Parallax View | 2016 |
| 3 | Evan Jerred | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| Brian D. Johnson | Macleans | 2016 |
| Kent Jones | Film Comment | 2016 |
| 5 | Daniel Kasman | MUBI | 2016 |
| 7 | Mark Keizer | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 2016 |
| 3 | Glen Kenny | Twitter | 2016 |
| 3 | Shahbaz Kh | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 2 | Katie Kilkenny | Pacific Standards | 2016 |
| Nelson Kim | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 2 | Chris Knight | National Post | 2016 |
| 1 | Robert Koehler | Cinema Scope | 2016 |
| 7 | Eric Kohn | IndieWire | 2016 |
| Peter Kuplowsky | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 10 | La Internacional Cinefila | | 2016 |
| 5 | Kevin Lally | Film Journal International | 2016 |
| 2 | Sarah Lang | Skandies | 2016 |
| 4 | Andrew Lapin | NPR | 2016 |
| 9 | James Lattimer | Slant | 2016 |
| 2 | Manuela Lazic | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 5 | Will Leitch | New Respublic | 2016 |
| 5 | Diego Lerer | Village Voice | 2016 |
| Craig Lindsey | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 4 | Little White Lies | | 2016 |
| Glenn Lovell | CinemaDope | 2016 |
| Matt Lynch | Scarecrow Video | 2016 |
| 8 | Don Marks | Skandies | 2016 |
| 5 | Scott Marks | San Diego Reader | 2016 |
| 4 | Calum Marsh | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 5 | Jeff McCloud | Skandies | 2016 |
| 9 | Patrick Z. McGavin | patrickzmcgavin.com | 2016 |
| Dillon McLaughlin | Cool Material | 2016 |
| 1 | Movie Mezzanine Staff | | 2016 |
| 3 | Tim Miller | Cape Cod Times | 2016 |
| 5 | Philip Molloy | The Picture Show | 2016 |
| Reed Morano | Director | 2016 |
| 9 | Victor Morton | Skandies | 2016 |
| 9 | Movie Waffler | | 2016 |
| 4 | Sean Mulvihill | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 8 | Noel Murray | IndieWiRE | 2016 |
| Rebecca Murray | Showbiz Junkies | 2016 |
| 4 | Vikram Murthi | IndieWIRE | 2016 |
| 7 | Victoria Negri | Talk House | 2016 |
| 7 | Christina Newland | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 9 | Dan Nuxoll | Rooftop Films | 2016 |
| 9 | Scott Nye | Battleship Pretension | 2016 |
| 6 | Charles Odell | Skandies | 2016 |
| 4 | Sheila O'Malley | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 4 | Jason Overbeck | Skandies | 2016 |
| 7 | Andrew Parker | Toronto Film Scene | 2016 |
| 8 | Paste Magazine | | 2016 |
| 10 | Matt Patches | Thrillist | 2016 |
| 7 | Sierra Pettengill | Talk House | 2016 |
| 2 | Keith Phipps | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 8 | Mark Pittillo | Skandies | 2016 |
| 3 | The Playlist | | 2016 |
| 3 | Ray Pride | Movie City News | 2016 |
| 3 | Thomas Prieto | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 5 | Matt Prigge | Metro | 2016 |
| 1 | CJ Prince | Village Voice | 2016 |
| Marcelo Quesada | indieWIRE | 2016 |
| 10 | Nicolas Rapold | Film Comment | 2016 |
| 3 | Jordan Raup | The Film Stage | 2016 |
| Stephen Rea | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2016 |
| 2 | Scott Renshaw | Salt Lake City Weekly | 2016 |
| 5 | B Ruby Rich | Film Quarterly | 2016 |
| 4 | Rania Richardson | Film-Forward | 2016 |
| 6 | Rene Rodriguez | Miami Herald | 2016 |
| 9 | Jonathan Romney | Film Comment | 2016 |
| 1 | Jonathan Rosenbaum | jonathanrosenbaum.net | 2016 |
| 8 | Joel Rubinoff | Torstar News | 2016 |
| 3 | Jordan Ruimy | The Playlist | 2016 |
| Lisa Russell | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 6 | San Francisco Chronicle Consensus | | 2016 |
| 3 | Howard Schumann | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 4 | Christopher Schobert | Buffalo Spree Magazine | 2016 |
| David Schwartz | indiewire | 2016 |
| 5 | Shane Scott-Travis | Taste of Cinema | 2016 |
| 1 | Seen Some.com | | 2016 |
| 4 | Matt Zoller Seitz | Roger Ebert.com | 2016 |
| 5 | David Shreve | Audiences Everywhere | 2016 |
| 9 | Sight & Sound | | 2016 |
| 8 | Keith Simanton | IMDB | 2016 |
| 3 | David Sims | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 6 | Slant Magazine | | 2016 |
| 3 | Jeremy Smith | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 6 | Cole Smithey | Forbes | 2016 |
| Ula Sniegowska | indieWIRE | 2016 |
| Bill Stamets | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 6 | Matthew Stein | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| Status Magazine Online | | 2016 |
| 2 | Bob Strauss | Los Angeles Daily News | 2016 |
| 7 | Glenn Sumi | Now Magazine | 2016 |
| 3 | Brian Tallerico | RogerEbert.com | 2016 |
| 9 | Kate Taylor | Toronto Globe & Mail | 2016 |
| 4 | Tara Thorne | The Coast | 2016 |
| 9 | Josh Timmermann | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 5 | Scott Tobias | indieWiRE | 2016 |
| Onur Tukel | Talk House | 2016 |
| 10 | Kent Turner | Film-Forward.com | 2016 |
| 7 | Uncut Magazine | | 2016 |
| 3 | Jesue Valle | Cineshots | 2016 |
| 1 | Todd VanderWerff | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 10 | Katie Walsh | LA Times | 2016 |
| 9 | Max Weiss | Baltimore Magazine | 2016 |
| 5 | Alissa Wilkinson | Vox | 2016 |
| 9 | Blake Williams | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 2 | Norman Wilner | Now Magazine | 2016 |
| 6 | Chuck Wilson | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 1 | Ryan Wu | Skandies | 2016 |
| 2 | Stephanie Zacharek | Time | 2016 |
| 6 | Lola Landekic | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 3 | Wallace McKelvey | Penn Live | 2017 |
| 6 | Joel Wicklund | Chicago Now | 2017 |