| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Sky Hirchkron | Skandies | 2011 |
| 7 | Loquacisous Muse | Film.com | 2011 |
| 4 | Jason Overbeck | Skandies | 2011 |
| 7 | Rudie | Shockya.com | 2011 |
| 5 | Ali Arikan | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| 6 | AV Club | 2012 | |
| 3 | Joshua Brunsting | Criterion Cast | 2012 |
| 6 | Matt Cohen | Washington City Paper | 2012 |
| 3 | Mike D'Angelo | AV Club | 2012 |
| 2 | Doug Dillaman | Skandies | 2012 |
| 5 | Steve Dollar | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 1 | A.A. Dowd | Time Out Chicago | 2012 |
| 10 | David Ehrlich | Movies.com | 2012 |
| 10 | Veronika Ferdman | Skandies | 2012 |
| 7 | Larry Gross | Film Comment | 2012 |
| 10 | Eric Henderson and Jonathon Sharp | CBS Local Minnesota | 2012 |
| 2 | Aaron Hillis | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 8 | Eric Kohn | IndieWIRE | 2012 |
| 7 | John Lichman | Various | 2012 |
| 5 | Karina Longworth | Village Voice | 2012 |
| 9 | Don Marks | Skandies | 2012 |
| 7 | Patrick McGavin | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| Kristi Mitsuda | Reverse Shot | 2012 | |
| 5 | Victor Morton | Skandies | 2012 |
| 4 | V.A. Musetto | indieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 9 | Nictate | Skandies | 2012 |
| 3 | Jeffrey Overstreet | IndieWIRE poll | 2012 |
| 9 | Philadelphia City Paper | 2012 | |
| 9 | Keith Phipps | AV Club | 2012 |
| 4 | Mark Pittillo | Skandies | 2012 |
| 5 | Matt Prigge | Philadelphia Weekly | 2012 |
| 10 | Scott Renshaw | Skandies | 2012 |
| 6 | Bryce Richardson | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 7 | Dan Sallitt | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| 4 | Alan Scherstuhl | Village Voice | 2012 |
| 9 | Lisa Schwarzbaum | Entertainment Weekly | 2012 |
| 5 | Ryan Stewart | MovieMaker Magazine | 2012 |
| 5 | Scott Tobias | AV Club | 2012 |
| 2 | Elbert Ventura | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| 7 | Blake Williams | IONCINEMA.com | 2012 |
| 2 | Alison Willmore | AV Club | 2012 |
| 8 | Alan Zilberman | Washington City Paper | 2012 |