| 10 | The Art Desk | | 2012 |
| 5 | Michael Balderston | Examiner | 2012 |
| 10 | Marjorie Baumgarten | Austin Chronicle | 2012 |
| 1 | Sheila Benson | Seattle Weekly | 2012 |
| 9 | Brad Brevet | Rope of Sillicon | 2012 |
| 10 | Chris Bumbray | Joblo.com | 2012 |
| 2 | Rich Cline | Contact Music.com | 2012 |
| 5 | Matt Cohen | Washington City Paper | 2012 |
| Jeff Delauter | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 6 | Ned Ehrbar | Metro.us | 2012 |
| 10 | Empire Magazine | | 2012 |
| 6 | Cory Everett | The Playlist | 2012 |
| 6 | Janos Gereben | mcn | 2012 |
| 6 | David Germain | Associated Press | 2012 |
| 2 | Ghana News | | 2012 |
| 1 | Mark Harris | Georgia Straight | 2012 |
| 7 | Patrick Heidmann | Cineman | 2012 |
| 6 | Eric Henderson and Jonathon Sharp | CBS Local Minnesota | 2012 |
| 7 | Barry Hertz | National Post | 2012 |
| 11 | Stephen Holden | New York Times | 2012 |
| 2 | Kevin Jagernauth | The Playlist | 2012 |
| 8 | J.R. Jones | Chicago Reader | 2012 |
| 8 | James Kaelan | Moviemaker | 2012 |
| 2 | Laura Kern | Film Comment | 2012 |
| 3 | Bruce Kirkland | Toronto Sun | 2012 |
| 6 | Chris Knipp | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 2 | Dan Kois | Slate | 2012 |
| 6 | Manolis Kranakis | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 8 | Robert Levin | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| 6 | Karina Longworth | Village Voice | 2012 |
| Ben Lyons | Screen Addicts | 2012 |
| 4 | Matt Mazur | Pop Matters | 2012 |
| Bob Mondello | NPR | 2012 |
| 5 | Kimberly Myers | the Playlist | 2012 |
| 3 | Col Needham | IMDB | 2012 |
| 4 | Nictate | Skandies | 2012 |
| David Nugent | Hamptons Internation Festival | 2012 |
| 5 | Andrew O'Hehir | Salon.com | 2012 |
| 3 | Mark Olsen | Los Angeles Times | 2012 |
| 6 | Michelle Orange | Village Voice | 2012 |
| 5 | Chris Ostendorf | Heave Media | 2012 |
| 1 | Rodrigo Perez. The Playlist | | 2012 |
| 2 | David Poland | Moviecitynews | 2012 |
| Stephen Rea | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2012 |
| 3 | James Rocchi | indieWire poll | 2012 |
| Jason Roestel | The National Movie Examiner | 2012 |
| 4 | Mark Salisbury | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 8 | Dan Sanchez | ABC | 2012 |
| 4 | Daniel Sarath | Screen Invasions | 2012 |
| Sophia Savage | IndieWIRE | 2012 |
| 6 | Howard Schumann | Senses of Cinema | 2012 |
| 5 | Radheyan Simonpillai | NOW Magazine | 2012 |
| Janet Smith | Georgia Straight | 2012 |
| 8 | Peter Sobczynski | eFilmCritic | 2012 |
| 6 | Bob Strauss | Daily Breeze | 2012 |
| 2 | Charles Taylor | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| Kenneth Turan | LA Times | 2012 |
| Robert Von Dassanowsky | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 5 | Katie Walsh | Playlist | 2012 |
| 5 | Alison Willmore | AV Club | 2012 |
| 9 | Stephanie Zacharek | Film.com | 2012 |
| 9 | Film3 News | | 2013 |
| 7 | Gary Maddox | The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013 |