| 2 | Erica Abeel | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 3 | Thelma Adams | US Weekly | 2012 |
| Jeryll Adler | Film Society Lincoln Center | 2012 |
| 1 | Jason Anderson | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| 2 | Melissa Anderson | Village Voice | 2012 |
| Michael Anderson | Senses of Cinema | 2012 |
| 9 | Geoff Andrew | Senses of Cienma Poll | 2012 |
| 8 | Ali Arikan | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| 7 | Michael Atkinson | IFC | 2012 |
| 7 | Sean Axmaker | MSN Movies | 2012 |
| 8 | Mariam Bale | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| 2 | Michael Bartlett | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 2 | Adam Batty | Hope Lies at 24 Frames Per Second | 2012 |
| 5 | Christopher Bell | The Playlist | 2012 |
| Pamela Bienzobas | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 3 | Chuck Bowen | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 6 | Richard Brody | The New Yorker | 2012 |
| James Brown | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 4 | Joshua Brunsting | Criterion Cast | 2012 |
| Ian Buckwalter | After Hours | 2012 |
| 7 | Chris Cabin | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 8 | Cahiers Du Cinema | | 2012 |
| 8 | Adam Cook | MUBI | 2012 |
| 3 | Diego Costa | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 1 | Fernando F. Croce | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 4 | Jordan Cronk | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 7 | Aaron Cutler | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| Jeff Delauter | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 1 | Jeff Deutchman | IFC Films | 2012 |
| 3 | Doug Dillaman | Skandies | 2012 |
| Wheeler Dixon | Senses of Cinema | 2012 |
| Ken Eisner | Georgia Straight | 2012 |
| 6 | Jim Emerson | Village Voice Poll | 2012 |
| 10 | Brian Formo | Huffington Post | 2012 |
| 9 | Kenji Fujishima | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 3 | Graham Fuller | Artinfo | 2012 |
| 5 | Alex Fung | Skandies | 2012 |
| 2 | Patrick Gamble | Cine Vue | 2012 |
| Michael Gibbons | Lincoln Film Center | 2012 |
| 4 | Nicholas Goldberg | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 3 | Andrew Grant | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 3 | Larry Gross | Film Comment | 2012 |
| 2 | Kalvin Henely | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 4 | Eugene Hernandez | Film Society of Lincoln Center | 2012 |
| 3 | J Hoberman | Artforum | 2012 |
| 10 | Alexander Horwath | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| David Hudson | Fandor | 2012 |
| Hydra Mag | | 2012 |
| 3 | Eric Hynes | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 2 | Jake Jacobson | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 9 | Rachel Jacobson | Skandies | 2012 |
| 1 | Kevin Jagernauth | The Playlist | 2012 |
| 1 | Dominik Kamalzadeh | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 10 | Glenn Kenny | Village Voice | 2012 |
| Robert Koehler | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 7 | Eric Kohn | IndieWIRE | 2012 |
| 7 | Michael Koresky | Reverse Shot | 2012 |
| 4 | Adam Kuntavanish | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 1 | Diego Lerer | Micropsia | 2012 |
| 1 | Dennis Lim | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 1 | Guy Lodge | Variety | 2012 |
| 2 | Oliver Lyttelton | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 4 | Calum Marsh | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 7 | Dmitry Martov | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| Jeff McCloud | Skandies | 2012 |
| 3 | Patrick McGavin | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 10 | Benjamin Mercer | L Magazine | 2012 |
| 10 | Brent Morrow | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 2 | Bill Mousoulis | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 2 | Adam Nayman | Eye Weekly | 2012 |
| 5 | David Ninh | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 7 | Rodrigo Perez. The Playlist | | 2012 |
| Nick Pinkerton | Village Vocie | 2012 |
| 4 | Reverse Shot | | 2012 |
| 4 | Vadim Rizov | Indie Eye | 2012 |
| 1 | John Semley | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 2 | Sight and Sound | | 2012 |
| 2 | Radheyan Simonpillai | NOW Magazine | 2012 |
| 6 | Slant Magazine | | 2012 |
| 3 | David Sterritt | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 1 | Cedric Succivalli | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 6 | R. Emmet Sweeney | Film Comment | 2012 |
| 1 | Kezia Tooby | inideWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 10 | Village Voice Poll | | 2012 |
| Robert Von Dassanowsky | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| John Von Thaden | Magnolia Pictures | 2012 |
| 7 | Joseph Walsh | CineVue | 2012 |
| 1 | Chris Wisniewski | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 4 | Ryan Wu | Skandies | 2012 |
| 9 | Anthony Carew | The Music | 2013 |
| 1 | Scott Manzler | Nashville Scene | 2013 |
| 8 | Ben Sachs | Chicago Reader | 2013 |