A man born earlier than his time, Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal jousts or with ultimate swordplay in a duel. Nonetheless, convinced that his look renders him unworthy of the admiration of a devoted friend, the intellectual Roxanne, Cyrano has but to direct his emotions for her—indirectly via his friend Christian. Credit: TheMovieDb.

As a series of history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds to find to advise a war to wipe out millions, one man must urge against time to discontinue them.