| 10 | Cinema Scope | | 2011 |
| 6 | Joumane Chahine | Film Comment | 2011 |
| 4 | David Cox | Film Comment | 2011 |
| 8 | Andrea Gronvall | Freelance | 2011 |
| 9 | Sky Hirchkron | Skandies | 2011 |
| 7 | Kevin Jagernauth, The Playlist | indieWIRE | 2011 |
| 5 | Kristin Jones | Film Comment | 2011 |
| 9 | Jason Overbeck | Skandies | 2011 |
| Jonathan Romney | Film Comment | 2011 |
| 2 | Peter Reiher | Skandies | 2011 |
| 3 | Sight & Sound | | 2011 |
| Ben Umstead | Twitch Film | 2011 |
| 4 | Erica Abeel | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 5 | Jason Anderson | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| Michael Anderson | Senses of Cinema | 2012 |
| 7 | Michael Bartlett | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 8 | Geoff Berkshire | Pop2It | 2012 |
| 2 | Chuck Bowen | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 2 | Tom Brueggeman | Thompson on Hollywood | 2012 |
| Ian Buckwalter | After Hours | 2012 |
| 8 | Chris Cabin | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 2 | Godfrey Cheshire | Metro Magazine | 2012 |
| 7 | Daryl Chin | Documents on Art & Cinema | 2012 |
| 3 | Jaime N. Christley | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 5 | Matthew Connolly | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 5 | Diego Costa | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 9 | Fernando F. Croce | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 8 | Jordan Cronk | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 3 | Ernesto Diezmartinez | Reforma | 2012 |
| 10 | Marc Doyle | Metacritic | 2012 |
| 8 | Mark Dunaway | Paste Magazine | 2012 |
| 7 | Film Comment | | 2012 |
| 4 | Guy Flatley | indieWire | 2012 |
| 9 | Brian Formo | Huffington Post | 2012 |
| 10 | Graham Fuller | Artinfo | 2012 |
| 2 | Alex Fung | Skandies | 2012 |
| 9 | Patrick Gamble | Cine Vue | 2012 |
| Michael Gibbons | Lincoln Film Center | 2012 |
| 2 | Ed Gonzalez | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 7 | Skander H | Skandies | 2012 |
| 5 | Kalvin Henely | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 6 | Eugene Hernandez | Film Society of Lincoln Center | 2012 |
| Lee Hill | Senses of Cinema | 2012 |
| 3 | Ron Humanick | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 5 | Eric Hynes | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 10 | Rachel Jacobson | Skandies | 2012 |
| 8 | Christopher Kearney | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 2 | Nicholas Kemp | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 5 | Glenn Kenny | Village Voice | 2012 |
| 4 | Michael Koresky | Reverse Shot | 2012 |
| 9 | Peter Labuza | The Cinephillacs | 2012 |
| 6 | Diego Lerer | Micropsia | 2012 |
| 4 | Don Marks | Skandies | 2012 |
| Kristi Mitsuda | Reverse Shot | 2012 |
| 1 | Victor Morton | Skandies | 2012 |
| 6 | Adam Nayman | Eye Weekly | 2012 |
| 2 | Nick Olson | Christ and Pop Culture | 2012 |
| 3 | R. Kurt Osenlund | Slant Magazine | 2012 |
| 2 | Jeffrey Overstreet | IndieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 8 | Paste Magazine | | 2012 |
| 7 | Gerald Peary | Boston Phoenix | 2012 |
| 6 | Keith Phipps | AV Club | 2012 |
| 6 | Josh Ralske | Movie Maker | 2012 |
| 2 | Zach Ralston | Skandies | 2012 |
| 2 | Peter Reiher | Skandies | 2012 |
| 6 | Scott Renshaw | Skandies | 2012 |
| 3 | Reverse Shot | | 2012 |
| Irene Meltzer Richard | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 8 | Rene Rodriguez | Miami Herald | 2012 |
| 5 | Jonathan Rosenbaum | indieWire poll | 2012 |
| 10 | Mike Rubin | Village Voice Poll | 2012 |
| Richard Rushfield | mcn | 2012 |
| 3 | Dan Sallitt | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 8 | Tom Santilli | Detroit Examiner | 2012 |
| 3 | Howard Schumann | Senses of Cinema | 2012 |
| 8 | Witney Seibold | Crave Online | 2012 |
| 5 | Peter Simek | D Magazine | 2012 |
| 4 | Slant Magazine | | 2012 |
| 4 | John Thomason | Boca Magazine | 2012 |
| 3 | Anne-Katrin Titze | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 5 | Michael Tully | Hammer to Nail | 2012 |
| 4 | Keith Uhlich | Time Out New York | 2012 |
| 9 | Elbert Ventura | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| Froilan Vispo | Skandies | 2012 |
| 4 | Viriginia Wexman | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 9 | Chris Wisniewski | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |