| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Nicholas Barber | BBC | 2016 |
| 6 | Ollie Charles | Front Row Reviews | 2016 |
| Mallory Chin | Hypebeast | 2016 | |
| 3 | Robbie Collin | The Telegraph | 2016 |
| 9 | Peter Debruge | Variety | 2016 |
| 10 | Annlee Ellingson | LA Biz | 2016 |
| 10 | Larry Heath | Iris | 2016 |
| Hypable | 2016 | ||
| 7 | Wendy Ide | Scren Interternational | 2016 |
| 9 | Max Kermode | The Guardian | 2016 |
| 2 | Jesse Percival | Senses of Cinema | 2016 |
| 4 | Olly Richards | AskMen | 2016 |
| 4 | Chris Stuckman | Channel Awesome | 2016 |
| 3 | Daniel Barnes | Colorado Springs Independent | 2017 |
| 1 | Alex Biese | APP.com | 2017 |
| 3 | Hoai-Tran Bui | Slash Film | 2017 |
| 7 | Nick Chandler | Hidden Remote | 2017 |
| 4 | David Chen | Slash Film | 2017 |
| 8 | Max Covill | Film School Rejects | 2017 |
| 3 | Steve Davis | Austin Chroncile | 2017 |
| Matthew Dinda | Lincoln Film Center | 2017 | |
| 3 | Edward Douglas | The Tracking Board | 2017 |
| 5 | Molly Faust | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 9 | Josh | Filmspotting | 2017 |
| 6 | Javier Fuentes | Central Track | 2017 |
| 2 | Seandps | Geeks of Doom | 2017 |
| GQ | 2017 | ||
| 1 | io9 Staff | 2017 | |
| Ithaca.com | 2017 | ||
| 10 | Conor Jessup | Toronto Film Review | 2017 |
| 9 | Josh Larsen | Village Voice Film Poll | 2017 |
| 10 | Elizabeth Ma | Film Comment | 2017 |
| 8 | Willow Maclay | The Film Stage | 2017 |
| Bob Mondello | NPR | 2017 | |
| 7 | Sean Mott | Medium | 2017 |
| 10 | Ryan Oliver | The Playlist | 2017 |
| Pop Crush | 2017 | ||
| 5 | Mike Reyes | Cinema Blend | 2017 |
| 5 | Collin Souter | RogerEbert.com | 2017 |
| Forest Taylor | Eerie Reader | 2017 | |
| 10 | Ciara Wardlow | Film School Rejects | 2017 |
| 5 | Allison Willmore | BuzzFeed | 2017 |
| 3 | Andy Wilson | Graphic Policy | 2017 |
| 1 | Emily Yoshida | Vulture | 2017 |