In the Oscar-winning South African drama "Tsotsi," life-or-death choices confront a 19-year-old street thug (Presley Chweneyagae).

The slings and arrows of outrageous adolescence link three couldn't-be-more-different movies dominating ...

The big screen scene: This year's Oscar-winner for best foreign-language film, South Africa's "Tsotsi" (Miramax), focuses on a 19-year-old street thug (Presley Chweneyagae) who finds the key to redemption in the aftermath of a violent carjacking: a baby in the back seat.

Back on these shores -- and on a considerably lighter note -- "ATL" (Warner) follows four friends facing life after high school. Big Boi, Clifford "T.I." Harris, Lauren London and Albert Daniels star.

And William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" goes the teen route in "She's the Man" (Paramount), as soccer-playing Viola (Amanda Bynes) disguises herself as her twin brother and falls for his roommate (Channing Tatum).

Rounding out today's recent-release lineup, "The Second Chance" (Sony) features Christian pop star Michael W. Smith as an associate pastor at an affluent suburban megachurch who's dispatched to an inner-city congregation.

Critic's choice: Some of Hollywood's greatest tough guys muscle their way onto DVD in two box sets from Warner Home Video.

In the "Tough Guys Collection," Edward G. Robinson goes undercover to get the goods on a gangster in "Bullets or Ballots" (1936) and spoofs his "Little Caesar" image in 1938's "A Slight Case of Murder." James Cagney, meanwhile, plays a racket-busting FBI agent in "G-Men" (1935), a reporter framed for manslaughter in "Each Dawn I Die" (1939) and a boxer in "City for Conquest" (1940), while Pat O'Brien and Humphrey Bogart team up in "San Quentin" (1937).

In the label's latest "Film Noir Collection," Robert Ryan plays a cop on the edge in "On Dangerous Ground" (1952) and a gangster battling cop Robert Mitchum in "The Racket" (1951), while Mitchum finds trouble -- and Jane Russell -- in "His Kind of Woman" (1951).

Ricardo Montalban and George Murphy, meanwhile, battle illegal immigrant smuggling between Texas and Mexico in 1949's "Border Incident," while 1946's "Lady in the Lake" casts Robert Montgomery (who also directed) as Raymond Chandler's legendary detective Philip Marlowe.

Flashing forward to recent releases that never made it to local theaters, "Don't Move" (Wellspring) stars Penélope Cruz and Sergio Castellito (who also directs) in an award-winning drama of lost love between a surgeon and an earthy maid.

Maggie Cheung captured top acting honors at the Cannes Film Festival for "Clean" (Palm), about a drug addict struggling to rebuild her life -- and regain custody of her son from his grandfather (Nick Nolte).

Hot docs: In the award-winning "Shakespeare Behind Bars" (Shout! Factory), Kentucky prison inmates stage a production of "The Tempest," finding redemption for their crimes onstage.

Kidvid corner: Favorite TV characters from the animated and live-action realms lead the way, with "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody -- Taking Over the Tipton" and "That's So Raven -- Raven's Makeover Madness" (both from Disney) heading up the latter category.

Topping the cartoon contingent: "SpongeBob SquarePants: Karate Island" (Paramount), "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Vol. 3" (Turner), "The Best of She-Ra -- Princess of Power" (Brentwood) and "Jakers: School Days in Tara" (Paramount).

TV transfers: Two landmark TV-movies join several series debuts in the small-screen spotlight.

A 30th-anniversary edition of the Emmy-winning "Sybil" (Warner) showcases Sally Field's title-role tour de force as a disturbed woman with 17 personalities, while Aidan Quinn and Gena Rowlands headline another Emmy-winner, the 1985 AIDS drama "An Early Frost" (Wolfe).

Also riding onto DVD: the cult sci-fi Western comedy "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. -- The Complete Series" (Warner), with Bruce Campbell as a Harvard-educated lawman's son tracking his father's killer. (Campbell also stars in Universal's "Jack of All Trades: The Complete Series," playing a dashing Napoleonic-era spy.)

"The Incredible Hulk: The Complete First Season" (also from Universal) teams Bill Bixby as mild-mannered scientist David Banner -- and Lou Ferrigno as his mean, green alter ego.

And "Amazing Stories: The Complete First Season" (Universal) features such stars as Kevin Costner, Tim Robbins and Kiefer Sutherland in the 1985 anthology series executive produced by Steven Spielberg.

More TV-on-DVD arrivals include "Carnivale -- The Complete Second Season" (HBO), "The Pretender: Season 4" (Fox), "Ren & Stimpy: The Lost Episodes" (Paramount), the PBS "Mystery!" tale "Jericho: A Pair of Ragged Claws" (WGBH Boston) and "The Pee-wee Herman Show -- Live at the Roxy Theater" (Image), the TV special that launched Paul Reubens' comic creation into TV and movies.