| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Nelson Kim | Indiewire poll | 2013 |
| 7 | Ben Sachs | Chicago Reader | 2013 |
| 2 | Michael Anderson | Oklahoma City Museum of Art | 2014 |
| 3 | Steven Boone | RogerEbert.com | 2014 |
| 9 | Christopher Bourne | Twitch | 2014 |
| 6 | Daryl Chin | Documenta on Art & Cinema | 2014 |
| 4 | Jake Cole | Slant Magazine | 2014 |
| 2 | Travis Crawford | indiewire poll | 2014 |
| 2 | Fernando F. Croce | Slant | 2014 |
| 4 | Jordan Cronk | Cinema Scope | 2014 |
| 10 | Brian Darr | 2014 | |
| 5 | A.A. Dowd | AV Club | 2014 |
| 5 | Steve Erickson | Gay City News | 2014 |
| 7 | David Fear | Rolling Stone | 2014 |
| 3 | Alex Fung | Skandies | 2014 |
| 8 | Leo Goldsmith | indiewire poll | 2014 |
| 7 | Nikola Gorzdanovic | The Playlist | 2014 |
| 6 | Nik Grozdanovic | The Playlist | 2014 |
| 8 | Gary Heath Jr. | Little White Lies | 2014 |
| 3 | Eric Henderson | CBS Minnesota | 2014 |
| 6 | Tony G. Huang | Skandies | 2014 |
| 8 | Darren Hughes | Long Pauses | 2014 |
| 4 | Danny Kasman | indiewire poll | 2014 |
| 4 | Danny King | Village Voice Poll | 2014 |
| 5 | Michael Koresky | Reverse Shot | 2014 |
| 6 | Michael Leary | filmwell.org | 2014 |
| 1 | John Lichman | indiewire poll | 2014 |
| 7 | Roxane Mesquida | Skandies | 2014 |
| 10 | Victor Morton | Skandies | 2014 |
| Adam Nayman | Cinema Scope | 2014 | |
| 9 | Scott Bye | Battleship Pretension | 2014 |
| 1 | Michael Pattison | 2014 | |
| 3 | Mark Pittillo | Skandies | 2014 |
| 3 | Reverse Shot | 2014 | |
| 5 | Jonathan Rosenbaum | JonathanRosenbaum.com | 2014 |
| 9 | Matt Zoller Seitz | RogerEbert.com | 2014 |
| 2 | Slant Magazine Staff | 2014 | |
| 9 | David Sterritt | Tikkun | 2014 |
| 5 | Scott Tobias | The Dissolve | 2014 |
| 2 | Carman Tse | Laist | 2014 |
| 2 | Froilan Vispo | Skandies | 2014 |
| 7 | Blake Williams | ioncinema | 2014 |
| 3 | Chris Wisniewski | Indiewire Poll | 2014 |
| 7 | Alexandria Zawia | Indiewire Poll | 2014 |
| Jeff Deutchman | IndieWire | 2015 |