| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Allen Adams | Maine Times | 2016 |
| 10 | Gautam Anand | The Cinemaholic | 2016 |
| 8 | Ethan Anderton | Slash Film | 2016 |
| Lars Aumueller | Toronto Film Review | 2016 | |
| Kirk Baird | Toledo Blade | 2016 | |
| 6 | Mark Barber | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 7 | Josh Bell | Las Vegas Weekly | 2016 |
| 7 | Keaton Bell | Red Dirt Report | 2016 |
| Abbey Bender | Village Voice | 2016 | |
| 7 | James Beradinelli | ReelViews | 2016 |
| 10 | Geoff Berkshire | Variety | 2016 |
| Mehera Bonner | Marie Claire | 2016 | |
| 1 | Meredith Borders | Birth.Movies.Death | 2016 |
| 6 | Matt Brunson | Connect Savannah | 2016 |
| 5 | Lauren Chval | RedEye Chicago | 2016 |
| 7 | Donald Clark | Irish Times | 2016 |
| 6 | Adam Cook | indiewire | 2016 |
| 10 | Jake Coyle | AP | 2016 |
| 5 | Brandon Crespo | Fansided | 2016 |
| 9 | David Crow | Den of Geek | 2016 |
| 5 | Culture/Newsweek | 2016 | |
| Erik Davis | Movies.com | 2016 | |
| 9 | Den of Geek | 2016 | |
| 9 | Edward Douglas | LRM Online | 2016 |
| 7 | Hannah Fidell | Director | 2016 |
| 7 | Lance Goldenberg | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 2 | Adam Graham | Detroit News | 2016 |
| 9 | Vincent Grashaw | Talk House | 2016 |
| 9 | Rafer Guzman | Newsday | 2016 |
| 9 | Peter Hammond | Deadline | 2016 |
| 10 | Chadd Harbold | Talk House | 2016 |
| 7 | Tina Hassannia | indieWIRE poll | 2016 |
| 9 | Simon Hawkins | Talk House | 2016 |
| 10 | Patt Healy | Talk House | 2016 |
| Leora Heilbronn | Toronto Film Review | 2016 | |
| 6 | Colin Hill | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 9 | Dan Hudak | Florida Weekly | 2016 |
| Huffington Post | 2016 | ||
| Hypable | 2016 | ||
| Hunter Ingram | Star News | 2016 | |
| 8 | JimmyO | JoBlo | 2016 |
| 9 | Ed Johnson-Ott | Nuvo | 2016 |
| 9 | Dan Kois | Slate | 2016 |
| 2 | Alec Kubas-Meyer | Flixist | 2016 |
| 8 | Richard Lawson | Vanity Fair | 2016 |
| Scott Lewis | Indie88 | 2016 | |
| 4 | Kristen Lopez | Culturess | 2016 |
| 10 | Ryan MacDuff | Toronto Film Review | 2016 |
| 7 | Willow Maclay | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 8 | Joey Magidson | The Awards Circuit | 2016 |
| 8 | Wade Major | KPCC-FM | 2016 |
| 10 | Jonathan Malloy | The Omega | 2016 |
| Sian Melton | Film School Rejects | 2016 | |
| Scott Mendelson | Forbes | 2016 | |
| 6 | Kenneth R. Morefield | 1More Film Blog | 2016 |
| Nerdist Staff | 2016 | ||
| 10 | Jordan Raup | The Film Stage | 2016 |
| Laura Romero | Sun Sentinel | 2016 | |
| 6 | Sophy Romvari | Filmmaker | 2016 |
| 10 | James Rush | Tastic Film Magazine | 2016 |
| 6 | Mike Schulz | River Cities Reader | 2016 |
| 9 | Conner Schwerdtfeger | CinemaBlend | 2016 |
| 4 | Witney Seibold | Crave Online | 2016 |
| 2 | John Serba | Mlive | 2016 |
| 10 | Keith Van Sickle | The Topeka Capital-Journal | 2016 |
| 5 | Stephen Silver | Splice Today | 2016 |
| 4 | Rachel Simon | Bustle | 2016 |
| 10 | Sourav Singh | We Explorar.com | 2016 |
| 7 | Dewey Singleton | Monkeys Fighting Robots | 2016 |
| Dana Stevens | Slate | 2016 | |
| 7 | Nathan Swank | Flix66 | 2016 |
| 7 | Tara Thorne | The Coast | 2016 |
| 8 | Jeff Turner | Uno The Gateway | 2016 |
| 10 | Todd VanderWerff | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 9 | Carlos Villadares | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 5 | Sam Weisberg | Village Voice | 2016 |
| 10 | Max Weiss | Baltimore Magazine | 2016 |
| 10 | What Culture | 2016 | |
| 9 | Alison Willmore | BuzzFeed | 2016 |