- Dave Kehr, New York Times: #1
- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Tied for #1
- Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: #1
- Lawrence Toppman, Charlotte Observer: #1
- Jeff Vice, Deseret News: #1
- Travis Crawford, Village Voice: #1
- Gene Seymour, Newsday: #1
- Luke Y. Thompson, New Times: #1
- Jeanne Aufmuth, Palo Alto Weekly: #1
- Lance Goldenberg, Weekly Planet: #1
- Sasha Stone, Santa Monica Mirror: #1
- Rob Nelson, City Pages: #1
- Staff, Filmjerk.com: Tied for #1
- Mark Palermo, Halifax Weekly Coast: #1
- Ty Burr, Boston Globe: #2
- Jeffrey Anderson, San Francisco Examiner: #2
- Jan Stuart, Newsday: #2
- Sarah Kerr, Vogue: #2
- Nick Rutigliano, Village Voice: #2
- Barry Caine, Alameda Newspaper Group: #2
- Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian: #2
- Ron Weiskind, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: #2
- Curt Holman, Creative Loafing Atlanta: #2
- Terri Sutton, City Pages: #2
- Kyle Counts, Gay and Lesbian Times: #2
- David Ansen, NEWSWEEK: #3
- Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune: #3
- Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune: #3
- Kent Jones, Village Voice: #3
- Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun: #3
- Matt Brunson, Creative Loafing Charlotte: #3
- Lou Lumenick, New York Post: #3
- Nathan Rabin, The Onion Audio/Visual Club: #3
- Richard von Busack, Metro Santa Cruz: #3
- Father Geek, Ain't It Cool News: #3
- Rachel Gordon, Filmcritic.com: #3
- Anne Thompson, Premiere Magazine: #3
- Phillip Lopate, Film Comment: #3
- Jay Carr, New England Cable News: #3
- Shay Casey, Daily-Reviews.com: #3
- Craigh Outhier, Orange County Register: #4
- Soren Anderson, Tacoma News Tribune: #4
- Todd Anthony, Florida Sun-Sentinel: #4
- Josh Gilchrist, The Billings Outpost: #4
- Staff, Reel.com: #4
- Mark Scheinin, Santa Cruz Sentinel: #4
- Eugene Novikov, Ultimate Movies: #4
- Greg Muskewitz, Mesa Press: #4
- David Fellerath, Independent Weekly: #4
- Nathan Lee, New York Sun: #4
- Justine Elias, The Guardian: #5
- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: #5
- Carol Cling of the Las Vegas Review Journal: #5
- Mark Hinson, Tallahassee Democrat: #5
- Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News: #5
- Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: #5
- Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine: #5
- Deborah Hornblow, Hartford Courant: #5
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- Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: #6
- A.O. Scott, New York Times: #6
- Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: #6
- Andrew Johnson, US Magazine: #6
- Hap Erstein, Palm Peach Post: #6
- Gregory Weinkauf, New Times: #6
- Keith Phipps, The Onion Audio/Visual Club: #6
- David Levine, Filmcritic.com: #6
- Dan Pearson, Daily Southtown: #6
- Jeffrey Chen, Window to the Movies: #6
- Christopher Borrelli, Toledo Blade: #7
- Ray Pride, Movie City News: #7
- Drew Mcweeny, Ain't It Cool News: #7
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: #8
- Richard Corliss, Time Magazine: #8
- BBC Viewers, Film 2003 with Jonathan Ross: #8
- Bill Muller, Arizona Republic: #8
- Frank Gabrenya, Columbus Dispatch: #8
- David Hunter, Hollywood Reporter: #8
- Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: #8
- David Walker, Willamette Week: #8
- Edward Crouse, Village Voice: #8
- Jeremy Heilman, MovieMartyr.com: #8
- Scott Tobias, The Onion Audio/Visual Club: #8
- Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: #9
- Bob Mondello, NPR: #9
- John Beifuss, The Commercial Appeal: #9
- Brian Libby, Willamette Week: #9
- Michael B. Scrutchin, Flipside Movie Emporium: #9
- Andrew Wright, Portland Mercury: #9
- Claudia Puig, USA Today: #10
- Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: #10
- Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times: #10
- Joshua Rothkopf, In These Times: #10
- James Berardinelli, James Berardinelli's Reelviews: #10
- Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald: Tied for #10
- Staff, E! Online: #20
Non-numbered Lists
- Peter M. Nichols, The New York Times Essential Library: Children's Movies
- Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
- Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
- Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
- Mike Prevatt, Las Vegas Mercury
- Adam Nayman, Eye Magazine
- David Bordwell, Artforum
- John Powers, LA Weekly
- People Magazine: Best Movies of 2002
- Maryann Johanson, The Flick Filospher
- Peter Brunette, indieWIRE
- Michael Musto, Village Voice
- Elliott Stein, Village Voice
- Susan Tavernetti, Palo Alto Weekly
- Ken Eisner, Georgia Straight
- Ron Yamauchi, Georgia Straight
- Kent Jones, Film Comment
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