| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Nicholas Bell | IONCINEMA.com | 2013 |
| 3 | Alison Inman | Nashville Scene | 2013 |
| 8 | Tara Karajica | The Film Prospector | 2013 |
| 7 | ToFilmFest (Greg) | Cast Away Awards | 2013 |
| 8 | Al Alexander | The Patriot Ledger | 2014 |
| 9 | Linda Barnard | Toronto Star | 2014 |
| 9 | Marjorie Baumgarten | Austin Chroncile | 2014 |
| 2 | Josh Bell | Las Vegas Weekly | 2014 |
| 7 | Nicholas Bell | Ioncinema | 2014 |
| 7 | William Bibbiani | Crave Online | 2014 |
| Richard Bonaduce | Salt Lake Magazine | 2014 | |
| 1 | Steven Boone | RogerEbert.com | 2014 |
| 4 | Danny Bowes | Salt Lake Weekly | 2014 |
| 6 | Sarah Carlson | Pajiba | 2014 |
| 7 | Monica Castillo | Movie Mezzanine | 2014 |
| 6 | Donald Clarke | The Irish Times | 2014 |
| 5 | Susan G. Cole | NOW | 2014 |
| 8 | Travis Crawford | indiewire poll | 2014 |
| 5 | Neal Dhand | Sound on Sight | 2014 |
| 3 | Alonso Duralde | TheWrap | 2014 |
| 5 | Bilge Ebiri | Skandies | 2014 |
| Devin Faraci | Badass Digest | 2014 | |
| 3 | David Fear | Rolling Stone | 2014 |
| 7 | Russ Fischer | Slash Film | 2014 |
| 3 | Tyler Foster | OFCS | 2014 |
| 7 | Ed Gonzalez | Slant Magazine | 2014 |
| 8 | Tomas Hachard | NPR | 2014 |
| 7 | Angie Han | Slash Film | 2014 |
| 9 | Molly Haskell | indiewire poll | 2014 |
| 4 | Jesse Hassenger | AV Club | 2014 |
| 5 | Chris Herrington | Commercial Appeal | 2014 |
| 2 | Eric Hillis | The Movie Waffler | 2014 |
| 7 | Jordan Hoffman | NY Daily News | 2014 |
| 4 | Alexander Huls | New York Times | 2014 |
| 2 | Michael Hunley | Frederick News Post | 2014 |
| 5 | Rob Hunter | Film School Rejects | 2014 |
| 7 | David Jackman | Full Time Whistle | 2014 |
| 8 | Kimberly Jones | Austin Chronicle | 2014 |
| 10 | Joyless Creatures Staff | 2014 | |
| 1 | Inkoo Kang | TheWrap | 2014 |
| 5 | Dan Kois | Slate | 2014 |
| 8 | Josh Kupecki | Austin Chronicle | 2014 |
| 8 | Jon Lisi | The Artifice | 2014 |
| 4 | Raymond Lo | PhilStar | 2014 |
| Karina Longworth | 2014 | ||
| 4 | Lou Lumenick | New York Post | 2014 |
| 6 | Eric Melin | Lawrence.com | 2014 |
| 10 | Kristi Mitsuda | Reverse Shot | 2014 |
| 3 | Marc Mohan | Oregon Live | 2014 |
| 10 | Noel Murray | The Dissolve | 2014 |
| 7 | Amy Nicholson | LA Weekly | 2014 |
| 6 | Scott Bye | Battleship Pretension | 2014 |
| Devin O'Leary | Alibi.com | 2014 | |
| 9 | Zac Oldenburg | Havingsaidthat.net | 2014 |
| 6 | Mark Olsen | Los Angeles Times | 2014 |
| 4 | Paraic | Spoool | 2014 |
| 3 | Andrew Parker | Dork Shelf | 2014 |
| 9 | Jake Pitre | Sound On Sight | 2014 |
| 6 | Ray Pride | Movie City News | 2014 |
| 5 | Matt Prigge | Metro News | 2014 |
| 6 | Peter Rainer | Christian Science Monitor | 2014 |
| 5 | Scott Renshaw | Folio Weekly | 2014 |
| 9 | Katey Rich | Vanity Fair | 2014 |
| 7 | Joshua Rothkopf | Time Out New York | 2014 |
| 6 | Mike Rubin | Village Voice | 2014 |
| 9 | Marc Savlov | Austin Chronicle | 2014 |
| 8 | Louie Schuth | Hypable | 2014 |
| 7 | A.O. Scott | New York Times | 2014 |
| 9 | Matt Singer | Screencrush | 2014 |
| Josh Slater-Williams | Sound on Sight | 2014 | |
| 7 | Josh Spiegel | Movie Mezzanine | 2014 |
| Dana Stevens | Slate | 2014 | |
| 8 | Andreas Stoehr | indieWire Poll | 2014 |
| 7 | Ella Taylor | Indiewire poll | 2014 |
| Katie Turner | Sound On Sight | 2014 | |
| Todd VanDerWerff | Vox | 2014 | |
| 4 | Sam Weisberg | Village Voice Poll | 2014 |
| 10 | Max Weiss | Baltimore magazine | 2014 |
| 6 | Tyler Wilson | CDA Press | 2014 |