| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Dustin Chang | Twitch Film | 2014 |
| 3 | Simon Howell | Sound On Sight | 2014 |
| 5 | Jordan M. Smith | Ioncinema.com | 2014 |
| Brian Welk | Sound On Sight | 2014 | |
| 1 | Beth Accomando | KPBS | 2015 |
| 1 | Sam Adams | village voice poll | 2015 |
| 6 | Carlos Aguilar | IndieWire | 2015 |
| 7 | Al Alexander | The Patriot Ledger | 2015 |
| 6 | Jason Anderson | Village Voice | 2015 |
| 5 | The AV Club | 2015 | |
| 9 | Marjorie Baumgarten | Austic Chronicle | 2015 |
| 2 | William Bibbiani | Crave Online | 2015 |
| Catherine Bray | Variety | 2015 | |
| 1 | Collin Brennan | Consequence of Sound | 2015 |
| 7 | Matt Brennan | indieWire | 2015 |
| 6 | Joshua Brunsting | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 4 | Ty Burr | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 1 | Chritopher Campbell | Film School Rejects | 2015 |
| 2 | Jordan Canahai | ArtVoice | 2015 |
| 6 | Forrest Cardamenis | Film Stage | 2015 |
| Dan Casey | Nerdist | 2015 | |
| 4 | Justin Chang | Variety | 2015 |
| 3 | Chrisicisms | 2015 | |
| 1 | Randall Colburn | Consequence of Sound | 2015 |
| 2 | Consequence of Sound | 2015 | |
| 2 | Charlotte Cook | Indie Wire | 2015 |
| 4 | Jason Coyle | Scannain.com | 2015 |
| 8 | Andrew Crump | indieWIRE poll | 2015 |
| 7 | Greg Cwik | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 3 | Freja Dam | village voice | 2015 |
| 5 | Nick Davis | Fandor | 2015 |
| 2 | Jeff Deutchman | IndieWire | 2015 |
| 9 | Doug Dilliman, Skandies | 2015 | |
| 5 | Clayton Dillard | Slant | 2015 |
| 2 | Steve Dollar | village voice | 2015 |
| 2 | A.A. Dowd | AV Club | 2015 |
| 5 | Mark Dujsik | RogerEbert.com | 2015 |
| 4 | David Ehrlich | Film.com | 2015 |
| 10 | Film Comment Poll | 2015 | |
| 4 | Gerber Justin (Consequence of Sound) | 2015 | |
| 2 | Noah Gittell | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 10 | Ed Gonzalez | Slant | 2015 |
| 4 | Christopher Gray | Slant | 2015 |
| 8 | Jaime Grijalba | Fandor | 2015 |
| 6 | The Guardian | 2015 | |
| 3 | Jacob Hall | Slash Film | 2015 |
| 3 | Aaron Hillis | Village Voice | 2015 |
| 6 | Stephen Holden | NY Times | 2015 |
| 8 | Rob Hunter | Film School Rejects | 2015 |
| 1 | Eric Hynes | village voice | 2015 |
| 9 | indieWire Film Poll | 2015 | |
| 1 | Rachel Jacobson | Skandies | 2015 |
| 1 | Brian Johnson | Macleans | 2015 |
| 8 | Anita Katz | San Francisco Examiner | 2015 |
| 1 | Michael Koresky | village voice | 2015 |
| 6 | Kevin Lee | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 3 | Little White Lies | 2015 | |
| 4 | Adam Lubitow | Rochester City Newspaper | 2015 |
| 9 | Adrian Mack | Georgia Straight | 2015 |
| 3 | Piers Marchant | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 2 | Kiko Martinez | San Antonio Current | 2015 |
| 1 | Dominick Mayer | Consequence of Sound | 2015 |
| 5 | Brent McKnight | CinemaBlend | 2015 |
| 8 | Daniel Mecca | The Film Stage | 2015 |
| 7 | Tom Meek | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 9 | Eric Melin | ljworld.com | 2015 |
| 1 | Matt Melis | Consequence of Sound | 2015 |
| 4 | Micah Mertes | Omaha World Herald | 2015 |
| 7 | Nell Minow | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| David Morgan | CBS News | 2015 | |
| 7 | Movie Mezzanine Staff | 2015 | |
| 4 | Chris Nashawaty | Entertainment Weekly | 2015 |
| 4 | Max O'Connell | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| Chris O'Falt | indieWIRE | 2015 | |
| Devin O'Leary | Alibi | 2015 | |
| 2 | Gerald Peary | village voice | 2015 |
| 6 | Keith Phipps | village voice | 2015 |
| 10 | Matt Prigge | Metro US | 2015 |
| 3 | Scott Renshaw | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 8 | Reverse Shot | 2015 | |
| 1 | Katie Rife | AV | 2015 |
| 8 | Joshua Rothkopf | Time Out | 2015 |
| 3 | Zach Ruskin | Consequence of Sound | 2015 |
| 7 | Marc Savlov | Austin Chronicle | 2015 |
| 2 | Nick Schager | village voice | 2015 |
| 6 | Christopher Schobert | The Playlist | 2015 |
| 2 | Dan Schindel | The Film Stage | 2015 |
| 7 | Witney Seibold | Crave | 2015 |
| 5 | Matt Zoller Seitz | rogerebert.com | 2015 |
| 6 | John Serba | Mlive | 2015 |
| 5 | Matt Singer | Screen Crush | 2015 |
| 6 | Nigel Smith | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| Dana Stevens | Slate | 2015 | |
| 5 | Thrillist Staff | 2015 | |
| 1 | Scott Tobias | village voice | 2015 |
| 9 | Laurence Toppman | The Charlotte Observer | 2015 |
| 3 | Daniel Tucker | Next Projection | 2015 |
| 2 | Michael Tully | indieWire Poll | 2015 |
| 2 | Laura van Halsema | IndieWire | 2015 |
| Vanderwerff, Todd | 2015 | ||
| 6 | Variety Staff | 2015 | |
| 8 | Weinbender, Nathan | 2015 | |
| 4 | Zachary Wigon | village voice | 2015 |
| 9 | Amber Wilkinson | Eye For Film | 2015 |
| 2 | Norman Wilner | NOW Magazine | 2015 |
| 1 | Chris Wisniewski | indiewire poll | 2015 |
| 3 | Sam Woolf | We Got This Covered | 2015 |
| 4 | Clint Worthington | Consequence of Sound | 2015 |